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Bembecia priesneri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Bembecia
Species:	B. priesneri
Binomial name
Bembecia priesneri Kallies, Petersen & Riefenstahl, 1998

Bembecia priesneri is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Turkey (Cappadocia and the Taurus Mountains) and some nearby Dodecanese islands (including Rhodes).

The wingspan is 19–25 mm. Adults are on wing in late August and September.

The larvae feed on the roots of Psoralea bituminosa and Ononis species, including Ononis spinosa.

References

1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
2. Fauna Europaea
3. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
4. lepiforum.de

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