Bembecia stiziformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species:
B. stiziformis
Binomial name
Bembecia stiziformis
Synonyms
  • Sesia stiziformis Herrich-Schaffer, 1851
  • Sciapteron stiziformis var. melasomon Staudinger, 1871
  • Dipsosphecia stiziformis f. astyages Le Cerf, 1938
  • Paranthrene barbarossa de Freina, 1983
  • Paranthrene tubercula de Freina, 1983
  • Sciapteron fervida var. subfervidum Staudinger 1891
  • Paranthrene kara de Freina, 1983

Bembecia stiziformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on Cyprus[2] and from Turkey to Iran, Turkmenistan and Pakistan.[3]

The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species and Tragacanthus aureus, Tragacanthus microcephalus and Tragacanthus zangezurus.[4]

Subspecies

  • Bembecia stiziformis stiziformis
  • Bembecia stiziformis fervida (Lederer, 1855)
  • Bembecia stiziformis tenebrosa (Püngeler, 1914)
  • Bembecia stiziformis belouchistanica Špatenka, 2001

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