Chamaesphecia euceraeformis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Chamaesphecia |
| Subgenus: | Chamaesphecia |
| Species: | C. euceraeformis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chamaesphecia euceraeformis (Ochsenheimer, 1816)[1]
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Chamaesphecia euceraeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Spain and France through Italy and south-eastern Europe[2] to the Caucasus.
The wingspan is 17–24 mm. Adults are in wing from May to July in one generation per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Euphorbia epithymoides.[4] They spend one to two years in the root of their host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "LOT Moths and Butterflies". Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
- ^ Chamaesphecia at funet