Chamaesphecia palustris

Chamaesphecia palustris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Chamaesphecia
Subgenus: Chamaesphecia
Species:
C. palustris
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia palustris
Kautz, 1927[1]

Chamaesphecia palustris is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia[2] and northern Turkey.

The wingspan is 25–29 mm.

The larvae feed on Euphorbia palustris and Euphorbia lucida.[3]

References

  1. ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Chamaesphecia at funet


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