Eusphecia pimplaeformis
Eusphecia pimplaeformis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Eusphecia |
Species: | E. pimplaeformis |
Binomial name | |
Eusphecia pimplaeformis (Oberthür, 1872)[1] | |
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Eusphecia pimplaeformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece,[2] as well as Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus and Iraq.
The larvae feed on Populus alba and sometimes Salix species.[3] They mine the trunks of their host plant.
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