Pyropteron umbrifera

Pyropteron umbrifera is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Greece.[2]

Pyropteron umbrifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Synansphecia
Species:
P. umbrifera
Binomial name
Pyropteron umbrifera
Synonyms
  • Sesia umbrifera Staudinger, 1870
  • Synansphecia umbrifera
  • Pyropteron umbriferum

The wingspan is 20–24 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Limonium sinuatum.[4]

References
  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Lepiforum.de
  4. Synansphecia (synonymy) at funet


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