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.^[2] It is also found in North Africa and from Asia Minor to Armenia.

The larvae feed on Sanguisorba minor.^[3]

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