Chamaesphecia chalciformis

Chamaesphecia chalciformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy, Austria, Slovakia, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey,[2] the Middle East and northern Iran.

Chamaesphecia chalciformis
couple of Chamaesphecia chalciformis from Greece, Peleponnesos
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Species:
C. chalciformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia chalciformis
(Esper, 1804)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx chalciformis Esper, 1804
  • Sphinx chalcidiformis Hübner, [1806]
  • Sesia prosopiformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
  • Sesia halictiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia chalciformis f. caucasica Kolenati, 1846
  • Sesia chalciformis var. expleta Staudinger, 1879

The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare.[3]

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


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