Pyropteron leucomelaena

Pyropteron leucomelaena
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Synansphecia
Species:
P. leucomelaena
Binomial name
Pyropteron leucomelaena
(Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Sesia leucomelaena Zeller, 1847
  • Synansphecia leucomelaena
  • Sesia therevaeformis Lederer, 1853
  • Sesia cretica Rebel, 1916
  • Chamaesphecia leucomelaena f. cyrnea Le Cerf, 1920

Pyropteron leucomelaena is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine. It is also found in North Africa and from Asia Minor to Armenia.

The larvae feed on Sanguisorba minor.

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