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Bembecia sanguinolenta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found from Bulgaria and Greece[2] to Asia Minor, Armenia, Syria and Turkmenistan.[3]
| Bembecia sanguinolenta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sesiidae |
| Genus: | Bembecia |
| Species: | B. sanguinolenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Bembecia sanguinolenta | |
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The larvae feed on the roots of Astragalus species, including Astragalus dipsaceus and Astragalus pinetorum.[4]
- Bembecia sanguinolenta sanguinolenta
- Bembecia sanguinolenta turcmena (Bartel, 1912)
Populations in Turkey and Syria have long been treated as Bembecia pontica, which is now considered a synonym.
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