Bembecia sanguinolenta

Bembecia sanguinolenta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Bembecia
Species:	B. sanguinolenta
Binomial name
	Bembecia sanguinolenta; (Lederer, 1853)
Synonyms
	Sesia sanguinolenta Lederer, 1853; Sesia tengyraeformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 (preocc.); Sciapteron sanguinolenta var. ponticum Staudinger, 1891; Sciapteron splendidum Staudinger, 1891; Dipsosphecia sanguinolenta f. miranda Le Cerf, 1914;

Bembecia sanguinolenta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Bulgaria and Greece^[2] to Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and Turkmenistan.^[3]

The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species, including Astragalus dipsaceus and Astragalus pinetorum.^[4]

Subspecies[edit]

Populations in Turkey and Syria have long been treated as Bembecia pontica, which is now considered a synonym.

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