Bembecia flavida is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found on Sicily[2] and in North Africa, including Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.[3]

Bembecia flavida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sesiidae
Genus: Bembecia
Species:
B. flavida
Binomial name
Bembecia flavida
(Oberthur, 1890)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sesia flavida Oberthur, 1890
  • Dipsosphecia sirphiformis Bartel, 1912

The wingspan is 21–22 mm.

The larvae possibly feed on Ononis natrix.[4]

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