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Bembecia handiensis

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Species of moth

Bembecia handiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species: B. handiensis
Binomial name
Bembecia handiensis
Ramisch, 1997

Bembecia handiensis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on the Canary Islands and the Atlantic coast of Morocco.

The wingspan is 21–23 mm.

The larvae bore the roots of Ononis natrix, Lotus lancerotensis and Lotus creticus.

References

  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. lepiforum.de
  4. Bembecia handiensis at sesiidae.net
Taxon identifiers
Bembecia handiensis


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