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Eusphecia pimplaeformis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sesiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eusphecia

Eusphecia pimplaeformis

Eusphecia pimplaeformis is a moth of the Sesiidae family. It is found in Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece, as well as Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus and Iraq.

The larvae feed on Populus alba and sometimes Salix species. They mine the trunks of their host plant.

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Eusphecia pimplaeformis Wikipedia