Chamaesphecia masariformis, Crete - photo © https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145779960
Chamaesphecia masariformis
MOTH INFO
Chamaesphecia masariformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae on the island of Crete, Greece.
Scientific name
Chamaesphecia masariformis
Sesia masariformis (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
Sphinx banchiformis (Hübner, 1813)
Sesia allantiformis (Eversmann, 1844)
Sesia pompiliformis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
Sesia loweii (Zeller, 1847)
Chamaesphecia fallax (Staudinger, 1891)
Chamaesphecia brandti (Le Cerf, 1937)
Common name
Faltenwespen-Glasflügler
Classification
Superfamily: Cossoidea > Family: Sesiidae > Subfamily: Sesiinae > Tribus: Synanthedonini > Genus: Chamaesphecia
Wingspan
20-23 mm
Habitat
Dry grasslands and fallow fields.
Food plant
The larva is oligophagous on Scrophulariaceae (i.e. Scrophularia, Verbascum sinuatum, etc) and bores into the stems of the plants.
Flight period
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