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Chamaesphecia aerifrons is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,[2] Spain, Portugal, France, southern Belgium, south-western Germany, Italy, Sicily, Dalmatia, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, northern Greece and on Crete, Sardinia and Corsica.[3]

Chamaesphecia aerifrons
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Chamaesphecia
Subgenus:	Scopulosphecia
Species:	C. aerifrons
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia aerifrons (Zeller, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
Sesia aerifrons Zeller, 1847 Chamaesphecia micra Le Cerf, 1916 Chamaesphecia owelli Le Cerf, 1916 Sesia sardoa Staudinger, 1856

The larvae feed on Origanum vulgare, Thymus vulgaris, Thymus pulegioides, Satureja montana, Calamintha nepeta, Lavandula vera and Mentha species.

Subspecies

• Chamaesphecia aerifrons aerifrons (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Spain, Portugal, France, southern Belgium, south-western Germany, Italy, Sicily, Dalmatia, Macedonia, Albania, northern Greece, Crete)
• Chamaesphecia aerifrons sardoa (Staudinger, 1856) (Sardinia, Corsica)

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