Eusphecia pimplaeformis

Eusphecia pimplaeformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Eusphecia
Species:	E. pimplaeformis
Binomial name
	Eusphecia pimplaeformis; (Oberthür, 1872)
Synonyms
	Sesia pimplaeformis Oberthur, 1872 ; Trochilium maculiferum Staudinger, 1895 ;

Eusphecia pimplaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece,^[2] as well as Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus and Iraq.

The larvae feed on Populus alba and sometimes Salix species.^[3] They mine the trunks of their host plant.

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