Bembecia sanguinolenta

Bembecia sanguinolenta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Bulgaria and Greece[2] to Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and Turkmenistan.[3]

Bembecia sanguinolenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sesiidae
Genus:
Bembecia
Species:
B. sanguinolenta
Binomial name
Bembecia sanguinolenta
(Lederer, 1853)[1]
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

The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species, including Astragalus dipsaceus and Astragalus pinetorum.[4]

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
  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. Bembecia at funet


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