Bembecia puella

Bembecia puella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Bembecia
Species:	B. puella
Binomial name
Bembecia puella Z. Lastuvka, 1989[1]
Synonyms
Bembecia daghestanica Gorbunov, 1991 Bembecia aladagica Gorbunov & Špatenka, 2001

Bembecia puella is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine and Russia.[2] It has also been recorded from Kazakhstan.[3]

The wingspan is 22–23 mm.

The larvae feed on Astragalus glycyphyllos, Astragalus odoratus and Astragalus sigmoideus.[4]

References

1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
2. Fauna Europaea
3. lepiforum.de
4. Bembecia at funet