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Bembecia flavida

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Species of moth

Bembecia flavida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. flavida
Binomial name
Bembecia flavida
(Oberthur, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Sesia flavida Oberthur, 1890
  • Dipsosphecia sirphiformis Bartel, 1912

Bembecia flavida is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on Sicily and in North Africa, including Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

The wingspan is 21–22 mm.

The larvae possibly feed on Ononis natrix.

References

  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Bembecia at funet
  4. Bembecia flavida at sesiidae.net
Taxon identifiers
Bembecia flavida


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