Pyropteron minianiformis (Freyer, 1843)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Pyropteron minianiformis (Freyer, 1843) = Pyropteron minianiforme = Sesia minianiformis Freyer, 1842 = Sesia chrysidiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 = Sesia cerceriformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 = Sesia eumeniformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 = Sesia elampiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 = Sesia pepsiformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 = Sesia miniacea Lederer, 1853 = Chamaesphecia minianiformis nigrobarbata Rebel, 1916. [9, 10]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Crete, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (mainland), Cyprus, Crete, Macedonia, Romania, North Aegean, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Yugoslavia. [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Rumex. [28].

Subspecies of Pyropteron minianiformis

Pyropteron minianiformis aphrodite (Bartsch, 2004). [10]
P. m. minianiformis (Freyer, 1843). [10]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

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