Pyropteron minianiforme

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.

Pyropteron minianiforme
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Pyropteron
Subgenus: Pyropteron
Species:
P. minianiforme
Binomial name
Pyropteron minianiforme
(Freyer, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia minianiforme Freyer, 1843
  • Pyropteron minianiformis
  • Sesia miniacea Lederer, 1853 (nec Oberthür, 1876)
  • Sesia minianiforme var. pepsiformis Lederer, 1853
  • Sesia nigrobarbata Rebel, 1916
  • Chamaesphecia minianiforme ab. friesei Niculescu, 1960
  • Sesia elampiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia pepsiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia eumeniformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia cerceriformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
  • Sesia destitutum Staudinger, 1894

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

References
  1. Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Lepiforum.de
  4. Pyropteron at funet


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