Biology:Pyropteron meriaeforme

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Short description: Species of moth

Pyropteron meriaeforme
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Synansphecia
Species:
P. meriaeforme
Binomial name
Pyropteron meriaeforme
(Boisduval, 1840)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia meriiformis Sesia meriaeforme
  • Boisduval, 1840
  • Rambur, [1866] Sesia corsica
  • Synansphecia meriaeformis Staudinger, 1856
  • Pyropteron meriaeformis
  • de Joannis, 1908 Sesia venetense

Pyropteron meriaeforme is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Spain , Portugal, southern France , Italy and on Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.[2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Rumex acetosella.[3]

Subspecies

  • Pyropteron meriaeforme meriaeforme
  • Pyropteron meriaeforme venetense (de Joannis, 1908)

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Synansphecia Capuse, 1973". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/sesioidea/sesiidae/sesiinae/synansphecia/. Retrieved December 9, 2017. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2354463 entry




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