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Bembecia sanguinolenta

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Bembecia sanguinolenta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

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

Subspecies

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  • Bembecia sanguinolenta sanguinolenta
  • Bembecia sanguinolenta turcmena (Bartel, 1912)

Taxonomy

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Populations in Turkey and Syria have long been treated as Bembecia pontica, which is now considered a synonym.

References

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