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Bembecia priesneri

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Bembecia priesneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species:
B. priesneri
Binomial name
Bembecia priesneri
Kallies, Petersen & Riefenstahl, 1998[1]

Bembecia priesneri is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Turkey (Cappadocia and the Taurus Mountains) and some nearby Dodecanese islands (including Rhodes).[2]

The wingspan is 19–25 mm. Adults are on wing in late August and September.[3]

The larvae feed on the roots of Psoralea bituminosa and Ononis species,[4] including Ononis spinosa.

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