Pyropteron chrysidiformis (Esper, 1782)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Cossoidea → family Sesiidae → subfamily Sesiinae → tribe Synanthedonini → genus Pyropteron → species Pyropteron chrysidiformis

Species name(s)

Pyropteron chrysidiformis (Esper, 1782) = Pyropteron chrysidiforme (Esper, 1782) = Sphinx chrysidiformis Esper, 1782 = Sphinx haemorrhoidalis Cyrillus, 1787 = Sesia crabroniformis Fabricius, 1793 = Sesia polistiformis Boisduval, 1840 = Sesia chalcocnemis Staudinger, 1856 = Sesia depuiseti Sand, 1879 = Sesia lecerfi Oberthür, 1909 = Sesia rondoui Siepi, 1909 = Pyropteron anthracias Le Cerf 1922 = Pyropteron castiliana Le Cerf 1922 = Sesia cerceriformis Frivaldsky b. Heydenreich, 1851 = Sesia chalcocnemis Staudinger, 1856 = Pyropteron chlorotica Le Cerf 1922 = Pyropteron fervens Bytinski-Salz 1937 = Pyropteron gallica Bartel 1902 = Sphinx haemorrhoidalis Cyrillo, 1787 = Pyropteron infusca Le Cerf 1909 = Pyropteron joannisi Le Cerf 1909 = Chamaesphecia lecerfi Schawerda, 1938 = Pyropteron margaritosa Le Cerf 1922 = Pyropteron melanoxantha Le Cerf 1922 = Sesia nigripes Le Cerf, 1909 = Sesia polistiformis Boisduval, 1840 = Chamaesphecia obturata Le Cerf, 1909 = Pyropteron sicula Le Cerf 1922 = Pyropteron turanica Erschoff 1874. [9, 10, 187]

Fiery Clearwing.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Corsica, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, France, Switzerland, Yugoslavia. [1].
Andorra, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, the British Isles, Germany, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Corsica, Luxembourg, Portugal (mainland), Romania, San Marino, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovenia, France ( mainland), Croatia, Switzerland. [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Rumex. [28].

Subspecies of Pyropteron chrysidiformis

Pyropteron chrysidiformis chrysidiformis (Esper, 1782). [10]
P. c. sicula (Le Cerf, 1922). [10]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photo: Paolo Mazzei.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org