Bembecia uroceriformis

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.

Bembecia uroceriformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Bembecia
Species:
B. uroceriformis
Binomial name
Bembecia uroceriformis
Synonyms
  • Sesia uroceriformis Treitschke, 1834
  • Sesia mamertina Zeller, 1847
  • Dipsosphecia uroceriformis var. atlantica Le Cerf, 1920
  • Dipsosphecia uroceriformis var. nigricornis Mariani, 1937
  • Sesia uroceriformis var. athaliaeformis Boisduval, [1875]
  • Sesia odyneriformis Ghiliani, 1852 (nec Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
  • Bembecia uroceriformis f. subiti Tautel 2009
  • Sesia armoricana Oberthür, 1907

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]

Subspecies
  • Bembecia uroceriformis uroceriformis
  • Bembecia uroceriformis armoricana (Oberthür, 1907)

References
  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Bembecia at funet


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