Species of moth
| Chamaesphecia masariformis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Sesiidae
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| Genus:
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Chamaesphecia
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| Subgenus:
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Scopulosphecia
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| Species:
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C. masariformis
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| Binomial name
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Chamaesphecia masariformis
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| Synonyms
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- Sesia masariformis Ochsenheimer, 1808
- Sphinx banchiformis Hübner, [1808-1813]
- Sesia allantiformis Eversmann, 1844
- Sesia loewii Zeller, 1847
- Chamaesphecia brandti Le Cerf, 1937
- Chamaesphecia djakonovi Popescu-Gorj & Capuse, 1966
- Sesia pompiliformis Heydenreich, 1851
- Sphinx culiciformis Sulzer, 1776 (nec Linnaeus, 1758)
- Sesia odyneriformis Herrich-Schäffer, 1846
- Sesia fallax Staudinger, 1891
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Chamaesphecia masariformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in south-eastern Europe,[2] Turkey, northern Iran, the Middle East, the Caucasus, southern Russia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
The wingspan is 21–23 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.[3]
The larvae feed on Verbascum species (including Verbascum lychnites, Verbascum thapsus and Verbascum nigrum), Scrophularia canina and possibly Astragalus ponticus.[4]
Subspecies
- Chamaesphecia masariformis masariformis
- Chamaesphecia masariformis odyneriformis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846)
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