Chamaesphecia oxybeliformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae.[1][2][3] It is found in the Balkans (Greece, Macedonia,[3] Bulgaria, Romania[2][3]), Ukraine, southern Russia,[2][3] and in West Asia (from Asia Minor to Armenia, and from the Caucasus to northern Iran).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Chamaesphecia |
| Subgenus: | Scopulosphecia |
| Species: | C. oxybeliformis
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| Chamaesphecia oxybeliformis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1846)[1]
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The larvae feed on Marrubium peregrinum and Marrubium vulgare.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Pühringer, F. & Kallies, A. (11 November 2024). "Checklist of the Sesiidae of the world (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia)". Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ a b c "Chamaesphecia oxybeliformis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)". Fauna Europaea. 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Savela, Markku. "Chamaesphecia Spuler, 1910". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 15 November 2024.