Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis
Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Chamaesphecia |
Subgenus: | Scopulosphecia |
Species: | C. schmidtiiformis |
Binomial name | |
Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis | |
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Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.[2] It is also found from Turkey to the Black Sea coast, the Caucasus, Turkmenistan and Iran.
The wingspan is 17–26 mm.
The larvae feed on Salvia verticillata, Salvia sclarea and Salvia syriaca.[3]
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