Synanthedon melliniformis explained

Synanthedon melliniformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Hungary and Slovakia.[1]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.

The larvae feed on Salix alba, Populus nigra and Populus alba.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204703/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=440144 Fauna Europaea
  2. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/sesioidea/sesiidae/sesiinae/synanthedon/index.html Synanthedon at funet