''Bembecia megillaeformis'' is a moth of the family

Sesiidae The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are a diurnality, diurnal moth family (biology), family in the order Lepidoptera known for their Batesian mimicry in both appearance and behaviour of various Hymenoptera. The family consists of 165 genus, genera ...

. It is found in central and south-eastern Europe, east to

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, the

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and the

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. The

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is . Adults are on wing from June to August. The larvae feed on ''

Genista tinctoria ''Genista tinctoria'', the dyer's greenweed or dyer's broom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. Its other common names include dyer's whin, waxen woad and waxen wood. The Latin specific epithet ''tinctoria'' means "used as a ...

'', '' Genista ratisbonensis'', ''

Cytisus hirsutus ''Cytisus hirsutus'' (clustered broom or hairy broom) is a perennial plant belonging to the genus ''Cytisus ''Cytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to open sites (typically scrub and heathland) in Europe, west ...

'', ''

Colutea arborescens ''Colutea arborescens'' is a species of leguminous shrub known by the common name bladder-senna. It is native to Europe and North Africa, but it is known on other continents where it is grown as an ornamental and used in landscaping for erosion ...

'', '' Chamaecytisus'', ''

Astragalus glycyphyllos ''Astragalus glycyphyllos'' (liquorice milkvetch, wild liquorice, wild licorice) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Europe. It is a perennial herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent wood ...

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Subspecies

*''Bembecia megillaeformis megillaeformis'' (Germany, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Croatia, Italy, southern Russia, Uralsk, Crimea, Black Sea) *''Bembecia megillaeformis luqueti'' Špatenka, 1992 (France: Brittany, Loire Valley)

References

Moths described in 1813 Sesiidae Moths of Europe Moths of Asia {{Sesiidae-stub