Pyropteron doryliformis
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Pyropteron doryliformis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Genus: | Pyropteron |
Subgenus: | Pyropteron |
Species: | P. doryliformis
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Binomial name | |
Pyropteron doryliformis (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
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Pyropteron doryliformis, the dock clearwing or dock moth, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in south-west Europe, North Africa and Australasian realm.
The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Rumex (dock). In 1997, it was introduced into Tasmania and subsequently monitored as a possible biological control against dock.[1]
Subspecies
- Pyropteron doryliformis doryliformis
- Pyropteron doryliformis icteropus (Zeller, 1847)
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