Chamaesphecia euceraeformis

Chamaesphecia euceraeformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Subgenus: Chamaesphecia
Species:
C. euceraeformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia euceraeformis
Synonyms
  • Sesia euceraeformis Ochsenheimer, 1816
  • Sesia euceriformis Staudinger, 1856
  • Sesia stelidiformis Freyer, 1836
  • Sesia unicincta Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 (nec Hampson, [1893])
  • Sesia herrichii Staudinger, 1856
  • Sesia misoleptiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia icteropus Herrich-Schäffer, 1852 (nec Zeller, 1847)

Chamaesphecia euceraeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Spain and France through Italy and south-eastern Europe[2] to the Caucasus.

The wingspan is 17–24 mm. Adults are in wing from May to July in one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Euphorbia epithymoides.[4] They spend one to two years in the root of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  4. ^ Chamaesphecia at funet


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