Chamaesphecia proximata

Chamaesphecia proximata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Species: C. proximata
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia proximata
(Staudinger, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia proximata Staudinger, 1891
  • Sesia moreaui Le Cerf, 1911
  • Sesia gravesi Rebel, 1927

Chamaesphecia proximata is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Cyprus,[2] Asia Minor, Armenia, Lebanon and Iraq.

The larvae feed on Salvia sclarea.[3]

References

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


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