Bembecia uroceriformis
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Bembecia uroceriformis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Bembecia |
Species: | B. uroceriformis |
Binomial name | |
Bembecia uroceriformis (Treitschke, 1834)[1] | |
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Bembecia uroceriformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Italy and most of the Balkan Peninsula.[2] It is also found in North Africa (including Morocco) and from Asia Minor to the Caucasus.
The wingspan is 20–24 mm.
The larvae feed on Dorycnium species (including Dorycnium herbaceum), Lotus corniculatus, Ulex europaeus, Ulex nanus, Coronilla emerus, Chamaecytisus species, Cytisus procumbens, Cytisus hirsutus and Corothamnus procumbens.[3]