Synanthedon melliniformis

Synanthedon melliniformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Synanthedon
Species: S. melliniformis
Binomial name
Synanthedon melliniformis
(Laspeyres, 1801)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia melliniformis Laspeyres, 1801
  • Setia dioctriaeformis Meigen, 1830
  • Synanthedon mimus Le Cerf, 1922
  • Aegeria danubica Králícek, 1975
  • Synanthedon croaticus Kranjcev, 1979

Synanthedon melliniformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia.[2]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Salix alba, Populus nigra and Populus alba.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ lepidoptera.pl
  4. ↑ Synanthedon at funet


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