Subspecies in India
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Dasysphecia bombyliformis -
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
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| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
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| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 2 |
- Arita & Kallies in Kallies & Arita, 2005; Kallies & Arita, 2005
Systematic position of the genus Dasysphecia (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae, Cissuvorini) with descriptions of two new bumble bee mimicking species from northern Vietnam Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 56 (2): 85-92 - Pühringer, F. & Kallies. http://www.sesiidae.net/Checklst.htm [accessed 13 Sep 2016]
- Rothschild, 1911. New Aegeriidae. Novitates Zoologicae. v.18. Pg. 45. Pictured in v.19 (1912) plate 4. fg.30
- http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=452203 [accessed 13 Sep 2016]
Other Notes
A clearwing moth mimicking a bumble bee or perhaps the Hornet Vespa tropica. I mistook the same for a bee/hornet till Geetha Iyer pointed out that it may be a Sesiid. Ian Kitching confirms that the Natural History Museum, London has only two specimens including the holotype. Type locality is in the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya collected in June 1895, described by Rothschild in 1911.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Dasysphecia bombyliformis (Rothschild, 1911) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.74. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/dasysphecia-bombyliformis, accessed 2024/10/05.