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  2. Bembecia (Opacosphecia) megillaeformis
Bembecia megillaeformis(Hübner, 1813)
  1. Sesiidae
  2. Sesiinae
  3. Synanthedonini
  4. Bembecia
  5. Opacosphecia
  6.  megillaeformis
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Habitat

  • Rocky slopes

Similar species

  • Bembecia (Opacosphecia) puella
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16-27 mm

  • France
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • Ukraine
Regional distr. - legend
Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    ČeskyNesytka kručinková
    DeutschFärberginster-Glasflügler
    DeutschGinsterheiden-Glasflügler
    DeutschGinsterwurzel-Glasschwärmer
    DeutschMauerbienen-Glasflügler
    FrançaisSésie du Genêt
    SlovenčinaPodobník kručinkový
    РусскийСтеклянница дроковая
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    FabaceaeColutea arborescensBladder Senna
    FabaceaeCytisus hirsutusClustered Broom
    FabaceaeCytisus procumbens
    FabaceaeCytisus ratisbonensis
    FabaceaeGenista tinctoriaDyer's Greenweed
  • Secondary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    FabaceaeAstragalus glycyphyllosWild Liquorice
  • Bembecia (Opacosphecia) megillaeformis is a member of the clade Bembecia megillaeformis:
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) astragali(de Joannis, 1909)
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) bartschiGarrevoet & Lingenhöle, 2011
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) blankaŠpatenka, 2001
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) damascenaŠpatenka & Pavličko, 2011
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) fokidensisToševski, 1991
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) gegamicaGorbunov, 1991
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) megillaeformis(Hübner, 1813)
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) molletiKallies & Špatenka, 2003
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) parthica(Lederer, 1870)
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) pontica(Staudinger, [1892])
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) puellaZ. Laštůvka, 1989
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) sanguinolenta(Lederer, 1853)
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) sirphiformis(H. Lucas, 1849)
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) staryiŠpatenka & Gorbunov, 1992
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) stuebingeriSobczyk, Kallies & Riefenstahl, 2007
    Bembecia (Opacosphecia) transcaucasicum(Staudinger, [1892])
  • Links
  • LanguageWebsiteAuthors
    Lepiforum e. V.
    Plants parasites of EuropeWillem N. Ellis

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