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Pyropteron meriaeforme

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Pyropteron meriaeforme
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Synansphecia
Species: P. meriaeforme
Binomial name
Pyropteron meriaeforme
(Boisduval, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Sesia meriaeforme Boisduval, 1840
  • Pyropteron meriaeformis
  • Synansphecia meriaeformis
  • Sesia meriiformis Rambur,
  • Sesia corsica Staudinger, 1856
  • Sesia venetense de Joannis, 1908

Pyropteron meriaeforme is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, southern France, Italy and on Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.

The wingspan is 14–15 mm.

The larvae feed on Rumex acetosella.

Subspecies

  • Pyropteron meriaeforme meriaeforme
  • Pyropteron meriaeforme venetense (de Joannis, 1908)

References

  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Savela, Markku. "Synansphecia Capuse, 1973". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 9, 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Pyropteron meriaeforme


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