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Chamaesphecia osmiaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Italy and on Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily,[2] as well as in North Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and possibly Egypt.

Chamaesphecia osmiaeformis
A female moth on a tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Chamaesphecia
Subgenus:	Scopulosphecia
Species:	C. osmiaeformis
Binomial name
Chamaesphecia osmiaeformis (Herrich-Schaffer, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
Sesia osmiaeformis Herrich-Schaffer, 1848 Sesia osmiiformis Staudinger, 1856 Sesia zelleri Lederer, 1853 Sesia floricola Oberthür, 1881 Sesia agnes Oberthür, 1890 Sesia stelidiformis Zeller, 1847 (nec Freyer, 1836)

The larvae feed on Euphorbia polychroma.[3]

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