Pyropteron hispanicum
Species of moth
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Pyropteron hispanicum is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in southern France, Spain and Portugal (Algarve).[2]
| Pyropteron hispanicum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Pyropteron |
| Subgenus: | Synansphecia |
| Species: | P. hispanicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyropteron hispanicum (Kallies, 1999)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on the roots of Rumex scutatus and Rumex induratus.[3]