Biology:Bembecia sanguinolenta

Short description: Species of moth

Bembecia sanguinolenta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Bembecia
Species:	B. sanguinolenta
Binomial name
Bembecia sanguinolenta (Lederer, 1853)
Synonyms
Sesia sanguinolenta Lederer, 1853 Sesia tengyraeformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 (preocc.) Sciapteron sanguinolenta var. ponticum Staudinger, 1891 Sciapteron splendidum Staudinger, 1891 Dipsosphecia sanguinolenta f. miranda Le Cerf, 1914

Bembecia sanguinolenta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Bulgaria and Greece to Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and Turkmenistan.

The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species, including Astragalus dipsaceus and Astragalus pinetorum.

Subspecies

• Bembecia sanguinolenta sanguinolenta
• Bembecia sanguinolenta turcmena (Bartel, 1912)

Taxonomy

Populations in Turkey and Syria have long been treated as Bembecia pontica, which is now considered a synonym.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4711172 entry