''Pyropteron minianiforme'' is a moth of the family
Sesiidae. It is found on the
Balkan Peninsula
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...
,
Crete,
Cyprus and in
Ukraine. It is also found in
Turkey, the
Caucasus, the
Black Sea region and the
Kopet-Dagh.
The
wingspan is about 18 mm.
The larvae feed on ''
Rumex acetosa
Sorrel (''Rumex acetosa''), also called common sorrel or garden sorrel, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Polygonaceae. Other names for sorrel include spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock ('dock' being a common name for the genus '' ...
'', ''
Rumex palustris
''Rumex palustris'', or marsh dock, is a plant species of the genus ''Rumex'', found in Europe. The species is a dicot belonging to the family Polygonaceae. The species epithet ''palustris'' is Latin for "of the marsh" which indicates its common ...
'', ''
Rumex hydrolapathum'', ''
Rumex pulcher'', ''
Rumex conglomeratus
''Rumex conglomeratus'', known as clustered dock and sharp dock, is a plant of the family Polygonaceae
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United Stat ...
'', ''
Rumex crispus
''Rumex crispus'', the curly dock, curled dock or yellow dock, is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, native to Europe and Western Asia.
Description
The plant produces an inflorescence or flower stalk that grows to high. I ...
'' and ''
Rumex maritimus
''Rumex maritimus,'' commonly called golden dock, bristle dock, or seashore dock, is an annual plant species of the genus ''Rumex''. ''Rumex maritimus'' grows in Argentina, Burma, Canada, China, and the United States. It is native to Canada and ...
''.
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Subspecies
*''Pyropteron minianiforme minianiforme''
*''Pyropteron minianiforme destitutum'' (Staudinger, 1894)
*''Pyropteron minianiforme aphrodite'' Bartsch, 2004
References
External links
Lepiforum.de
Moths described in 1843
Sesiidae
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Christian Friedrich Freyer
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