Pyropteron hispanicum

Pyropteron hispanicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Species: P. hispanicum
Binomial name
Pyropteron hispanicum
(Kallies, 1999)[1]
Synonyms
  • Synansphecia hispanica Kallies, 1999
  • Pyropteron hispanica

Pyropteron hispanicum is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in southern France, Spain and Portugal (Algarve).[2]

The larvae feed on the roots of Rumex scutatus and Rumex induratus.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ lepiforum.de


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