Bembecia albanensis

Bembecia albanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Bembecia
Species:	B. albanensis
Binomial name
	Bembecia albanensis; (Rebel, 1918)
Synonyms
	Sesia ichneumoniformis albanensis Rebel, 1918; Sesia albanensis; Sesia corcyrensis Rebel, 1918; Dipsosphecia kalavrytana Sheljuzhko, 1924;

Bembecia albanensis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from most of Europe (except Ireland, Fennoscandia, the Benelux, Portugal, Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic region)^[2] to Asia Minor and the Black Sea. It is also found in North Africa.^[3]

The wingspan is 14–23 millimetres (0.55–0.91 in).

The larvae feed on Ononis species (including Ononis spinosa, Ononis arvensis, Ononis hircina and Ononis repens) and Psoralea bituminosa. The larvae of ssp. tunetana have been recorded feeding on Hedysarum coronarium.

Subspecies

Bembecia albanensis albanensis (Europe, Asia Minor)
Bembecia albanensis kalavrytana (Sheljuzhko, 1924) (Italy, Greece)
Bembecia albanensis garganica Bertaccini & Fiumi, 2002 (Italy)
Bembecia albanensis tunetana (Le Cerf, 1920) (Tunisia, Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy)

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