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Pyropteron minianiforme | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Pyropteron |
Subgenus: | Pyropteron |
Species: | P. minianiforme
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Binomial name | |
Pyropteron minianiforme | |
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Pyropteron minianiforme is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on the Balkan Peninsula, Crete, Cyprus and in Ukraine.[2] It is also found in Turkey, the Caucasus, the Black Sea region, and the Kopet-Dagh.
The wingspan is about 18 mm.[3]
The larvae feed on Rumex acetosa, Rumex palustris, Rumex hydrolapathum, Rumex pulcher, Rumex conglomeratus, Rumex crispus and Rumex maritimus.[4]
Subspecies
- Pyropteron minianiforme minianiforme
- Pyropteron minianiforme destitutum (Staudinger, 1894)
- Pyropteron minianiforme aphrodite Bartsch, 2004
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