Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis

Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Chamaesphecia
Subgenus:	Scopulosphecia
Species:	C. schmidtiiformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis (Freyer, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
Sesia schmidtiiformis Freyer, 1836 Sesia schmidtii Lederer, 1853 (nec Zeller, 1847) Sesia schmidtellaeformis Freyer, 1836 Sesia schmidtiiformis ab. albotarsata Rebel, 1901 Pyropteron schmidtiiformis ab. pouloti Le Cerf, 1922 Sesia rubriformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 Sesia prosopiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 (nec Ochsenheimer, 1808)

Chamaesphecia schmidtiiformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy, the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine.[2] It is also found from Turkey to the Black Sea coast, the Caucasus, Turkmenistan and Iran.

The wingspan is 17–26 mm.

The larvae feed on Salvia verticillata, Salvia sclarea and Salvia syriaca.[3]

References

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