Chamaesphecia anatolica

Chamaesphecia anatolica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Species: C. anatolica
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia anatolica
Schwingenschuss, 1938[1]

Chamaesphecia anatolica is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Turkey, Greece,[2] Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and Hungary.[3]

The larvae feed on the roots of Nepeta species, including Nepeta spruneri and Nepeta parnassica.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera)
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ Chamaesphecia anatolica at sesiidae.net


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