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Bembecia iberica

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Species of moth

Bembecia iberica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. iberica
Binomial name
Bembecia iberica
Spatenka, 1992

Bembecia iberica is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal and Italy and on Corsica and Sardinia.

The wingspan is 19–21 mm.

The larvae feed on Lotus, Hippocrepis, Tetragonolobus, Anthyllis vulneraria, Melilotus, Ononis viscosa and Onobrychis. They feed on the roots of their host plant.

References

  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Bembecia at funet
Taxon identifiers
Bembecia iberica


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