Eusphecia pimplaeformis

Eusphecia pimplaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Eusphecia
Species: E. pimplaeformis
Binomial name
Eusphecia pimplaeformis
(Oberthür, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia pimplaeformis Oberthur, 1872
  • Trochilium maculiferum Staudinger, 1895

Eusphecia pimplaeformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece,[2] as well as Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus and Iraq.

The larvae feed on Populus alba and sometimes Salix species.[3] They mine the trunks of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera)


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