Bembecia sanguinolenta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Bulgaria and GreeceFauna Europaea to Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and Turkmenistan.A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sesiidae of Turkey (Lepidoptera)
The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species, including Astragalus dipsaceus and Astragalus pinetorum.Bembecia at funet
Subspecies Bembecia sanguinolenta sanguinolenta Bembecia sanguinolenta turcmena (Bartel, 1912)
Taxonomy Populations in Turkey and Syria have long been treated as Bembecia pontica, which is now considered a synonym.
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