Biology:Chamaesphecia chalciformis

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Short description: Species of moth

Chamaesphecia chalciformis
Chamaesphecia chalciformis couple.jpg
couple of Chamaesphecia chalciformis from Greece, Peleponnesos
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Species:
C. chalciformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia chalciformis
(Esper, 1804)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia halictiformis Sphinx chalciformis
  • Esper, 1804 Hübner, [1806]
  • Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 Sesia chalciformis f. caucasica
  • Sesia prosopiformis Kolenati, 1846
  • Sphinx chalcidiformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
  • Staudinger, 1879 Sesia chalciformis var. expleta

Chamaesphecia chalciformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy, Austria, Slovakia, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine , Russia , Turkey,[2] the Middle East and northern Iran.

The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2681170 entry