Pyropteron leucomelaenum, Crete - photo © Franz Pühringer
Pyropteron leucomelaena (Zeller, 1847)
MOTH INFO
Pyropteron leucomelaena is a moth of the family Sesiidae on the island of Crete, Greece.
Scientific name
Pyropteron leucomelaena (Zeller, 1847)
Sesia leucomelaena (Zeller, 1847)
Synansphecia leucomelaena (Zeller, 1847)
Sesia therevaeformis (Lederer, 1853)
Synansphecia luccomelaena (Minà-Palumbo & Failla-Tedaldi, 1889)
Sesia cretica (Rebel, 1916)
Common name
Sésie de la Sanguisorbe
Classification
Superfamily: Cossoidea > Family: Sesiidae > Subfamily: Sesiinae > Tribus: Synanthedonini > Genus: Pyropteron
Wingspan
15-16 mm
Habitat
Dry rocky slopes.
Food plant
The larva is monophagous and bores into the roots of Rosaceae (Sanguisorba minor), Geraniaceae (Geranium sanguineum), etc.
Flight period
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