Chamaesphecia anthraciformis

Chamaesphecia anthraciformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy and on Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia.[2] It is also found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and the Levant.

Chamaesphecia anthraciformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Subgenus: Chamaesphecia
Species:
C. anthraciformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia anthraciformis
(Rambur, 1832)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia anthraciformis Rambur, 1832
  • Sesia foeniformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia phoeniformis Failla-Tedaldi, 1883
  • Sesia oryssiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia oryssiformis Rebel, 1901 (nec Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
  • Aegeria agriliformis Walker, 1856
  • Sesia joppiformis Staudinger, 1856
  • Sesia lahayei Oberthür, 1890
  • Sesia seitzi Püngeler, 1905
  • Sesia suprema Oberthür, 1907
  • Dipsosphecia louisae Le Cerf, 1915
  • Chamaesphecia anthraciformis f. meieri Stauder, 1921
  • Pyropteron phoenix Le Cerf, 1925
  • Pyroptera anthraciformis f. aicha Le Cerf, 1925
  • Pyropteron anthraciformis f. pallipes Le Cerf, 1925
  • Pyropteron major Rothschild, 1925
  • Pyropteron reisseri Capuse, 1973

The larvae feed on Euphorbia nicaeensis, Euphorbia atlantica, Euphorbia myrsinites, Euphorbia ceratocarpa and Euphorbia characia.[3]

References
  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Chamaesphecia at funet


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