Bembecia scopigera

Bembecia scopigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Bembecia
Species:	B. scopigera
Binomial name
	Bembecia scopigera; (Scopoli, 1763)
Synonyms
	Sphinx scopigera Scopoli, 1763; Dipsosphecia communis Le Cerf, 1920; Bembecia mira Gorbunov & Špatenka, 2001; Sesia scopigera ab. lugubris Staudinger, 1871;

Bembecia scopigera, the six-belted clearwing, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from central Spain over most of south-western and central Europe, the Balkans, Greece, southern Russia and Ukraine^[2] to Turkey.^[3]

The wingspan is 24–25 mm.^[4]

The larvae feed on the roots of Onobrychis species, including Onobrychis sativa, Onobrychis viciinifolia and Onobrychis toumefortii species.^[5] Other records include Lotus species and Anthyllis vulneraria.

References

↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
↑ Fauna Europaea
↑ A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
↑ lepidoptera.pl^{[link removed]}
↑ Bembecia at funet

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[1] Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

[4] tera.pl^{[link removed]}

[5] Bembecia at funet

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Bembecia scopigera

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