Species of moth
Chamaesphecia anthraciformis
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Sesiidae
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Genus:
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Chamaesphecia
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Subgenus:
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Chamaesphecia
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Species:
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C. anthraciformis
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Binomial name
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Chamaesphecia anthraciformis
(Rambur, 1832)[1]
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Synonyms
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- Sesia anthraciformis Rambur, 1832
- Sesia foeniformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
- Sesia phoeniformis Failla-Tedaldi, 1883
- Sesia oryssiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
- Sesia oryssiformis Rebel, 1901 (nec Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
- Aegeria agriliformis Walker, 1856
- Sesia joppiformis Staudinger, 1856
- Sesia lahayei Oberthür, 1890
- Sesia seitzi Püngeler, 1905
- Sesia suprema Oberthür, 1907
- Dipsosphecia louisae Le Cerf, 1915
- Chamaesphecia anthraciformis f. meieri Stauder, 1921
- Pyropteron phoenix Le Cerf, 1925
- Pyroptera anthraciformis f. aicha Le Cerf, 1925
- Pyropteron anthraciformis f. pallipes Le Cerf, 1925
- Pyropteron major Rothschild, 1925
- Pyropteron reisseri Capuse, 1973
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Chamaesphecia anthraciformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy and on Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia.[2] It is also found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and the Levant.
The larvae feed on Euphorbia nicaeensis, Euphorbia atlantica, Euphorbia myrsinites, Euphorbia ceratocarpa and Euphorbia characia.[3]
- ^ Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Chamaesphecia at funet