Bembecia priesneri
Appearance
Bembecia priesneri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Bembecia |
Species: | B. priesneri
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Binomial name | |
Bembecia priesneri Kallies, Petersen & Riefenstahl, 1998[1]
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Bembecia priesneri is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Turkey (Cappadocia and the Taurus Mountains) and some nearby Dodecanese islands (including Rhodes).[2]
The wingspan is 19–25 mm. Adults are on wing in late August and September.[3]
The larvae feed on the roots of Psoralea bituminosa and Ononis species,[4] including Ononis spinosa.
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