Bembecia flavida

Bembecia flavida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. flavida
Binomial name
Bembecia flavida
(Oberthur, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia flavida Oberthur, 1890
  • Dipsosphecia sirphiformis Bartel, 1912

Bembecia flavida is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found on Sicily[2] and in North Africa, including Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.[3]

The wingspan is 21–22 mm.[4]

The larvae possibly feed on Ononis natrix.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Bembecia at funet
  4. ↑ lepidoptera.pl Archived December 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ Bembecia flavida at sesiidae.net


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