Bembecia sanguinolenta

Bembecia sanguinolenta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Bembecia
Species:	B. sanguinolenta
Binomial name
Bembecia sanguinolenta (Lederer, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
Sesia sanguinolenta Lederer, 1853 Sesia tengyraeformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 (preocc.) Sciapteron sanguinolenta var. ponticum Staudinger, 1891 Sciapteron splendidum Staudinger, 1891 Dipsosphecia sanguinolenta f. miranda Le Cerf, 1914

Bembecia sanguinolenta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Bulgaria and Greece[2] to Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and Turkmenistan.[3]

The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species, including Astragalus dipsaceus and Astragalus pinetorum.[4]

Subspecies

• Bembecia sanguinolenta sanguinolenta
• Bembecia sanguinolenta turcmena (Bartel, 1912)

Taxonomy

Populations in Turkey and Syria have long been treated as Bembecia pontica, which is now considered a synonym.

References

1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
2. Fauna Europaea
3. A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
4. Bembecia at funet