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Chamaesphecia dumonti

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Species of moth

Chamaesphecia dumonti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Subgenus: Scopulosphecia
Species: C. dumonti
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia dumonti
Le Cerf, 1922
Synonyms
  • Chamaesphecia similis Laštuvka, 1983

Chamaesphecia dumonti is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from France to southern Russia and the Caucasus and from Germany south to Italy and the Balkan Peninsula., It is also found in western Turkey.

The wingspan is 18–20 mm.

The larvae feed on Stachys recta, Stachys germanica, Stachys atherocaly, Stachys caucasica and Stachys plumosa.

References

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


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