Pyropteron meriaeforme

Pyropteron meriaeforme
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Synansphecia
Species:
P. meriaeforme
Binomial name
Pyropteron meriaeforme
(Boisduval, 1840)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia meriaeforme Boisduval, 1840
  • Pyropteron meriaeformis
  • Synansphecia meriaeformis
  • Sesia meriiformis Rambur, [1866]
  • Sesia corsica Staudinger, 1856
  • Sesia venetense de Joannis, 1908

Pyropteron meriaeforme is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy and on Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.[2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Rumex acetosella.[3]

Subspecies

  • Pyropteron meriaeforme meriaeforme
  • Pyropteron meriaeforme venetense (de Joannis, 1908)

References

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Savela, Markku. "Synansphecia Capuse, 1973". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 9, 2017.


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