Synanthedon melliniformis

Synanthedon melliniformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia.[2]

Synanthedon melliniformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Synanthedon
Species:
S. melliniformis
Binomial name
Synanthedon melliniformis
(Laspeyres, 1801)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia melliniformis Laspeyres, 1801
  • Setia dioctriaeformis Meigen, 1830
  • Synanthedon mimus Le Cerf, 1922
  • Aegeria danubica Králícek, 1975
  • Synanthedon croaticus Kranjcev, 1979

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.

The larvae feed on Salix alba, Populus nigra and Populus alba.[3]

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


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