Bembecia handiensis

Bembecia handiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species:
B. handiensis
Binomial name
Bembecia handiensis
Ramisch, 1997[1]

Bembecia handiensis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on the Canary Islands[2] and the Atlantic coast of Morocco.

The wingspan is 21–23 mm.

The larvae bore the roots of Ononis natrix, Lotus lancerotensis[3] and Lotus creticus.[4]

References

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ lepiforum.de
  4. ^ Bembecia handiensis at sesiidae.net


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