Pyropteron cirgisum

Pyropteron cirgisum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Species: P. cirgisum
Binomial name
Pyropteron cirgisum
(Bartel, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chamaesphecia cirgisum Bartel, 1912
  • Pyropteron cirgisa
  • Synansphecia cirgisa
  • Chamaesphecia montandoni Le Cerf, 1922

Pyropteron cirgisum is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in scattered localities in Romania Ukraine, Russia,[2] Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.[3]

The larvae feed on Limonium species, including Limonium gmelini and Limonium iconicum.[4]

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