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Microsphecia brosiformis

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Microsphecia brosiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Microsphecia
Species:
M. brosiformis
Binomial name
Microsphecia brosiformis
(Hübner, [1813]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx brosiformis Hübner, [1813]
  • Tinthia brosiformis
  • Zenodoxus dorsalis Le Cerf, 1914
  • Zenodoxus dorsalis f. obscura Le Cerf, 1914

Microsphecia brosiformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from the Balkan Peninsula[2] to the Crimea, southern Russia (Sarepta), Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Iran, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.[3]

The larvae feed on the roots of Convolvulus species,[4] including Convolvulus arvensis.

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