Bembecia stiziformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on Cyprus[2] and from Turkey to Iran, Turkmenistan and Pakistan.[3]
Bembecia stiziformis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Bembecia |
Species: | B. stiziformis
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Binomial name | |
Bembecia stiziformis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1851)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species and Tragacanthus aureus, Tragacanthus microcephalus and Tragacanthus zangezurus.[4]
Subspecies
edit- Bembecia stiziformis stiziformis
- Bembecia stiziformis fervida (Lederer, 1855)
- Bembecia stiziformis tenebrosa (Püngeler, 1914)
- Bembecia stiziformis belouchistanica Špatenka, 2001
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