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Chamaesphecia doleriformis

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Species of moth

Chamaesphecia doleriformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Subgenus: Scopulosphecia
Species: C. doleriformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia doleriformis
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Sesia doleriformis Herrich-Schaffer, 1846 (nec Walker, 1856)
  • Sesia colpiformis Staudinger, 1856
  • Chamaesphecia colpiformis

Chamaesphecia doleriformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey.

The larvae feed on Salvia austriaca, Salvia pratensis, Salvia nemorosa, Salvia sclarea and Salvia verbenaca.

Subspecies

  • Chamaesphecia doleriformis doleriformis (Italy, Istria to Dalmatia and to Greece)
  • Chamaesphecia doleriformis colpiformis (Staudinger, 1856)

References

  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Chamaesphecia at funet
Taxon identifiers
Chamaesphecia doleriformis


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