Pyropteron doryliformis
| Pyropteron doryliformis | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Sesiidae | 
| Genus: | Pyropteron | 
| Subgenus: | Pyropteron | 
| Species: | P. doryliformis   | 
| Binomial name | |
| Pyropteron doryliformis (Ochsenheimer, 1808)   | |
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Pyropteron doryliformis, the dock clearwing or dock moth, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in south-west Europe, North Africa and Australasian realm.
The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Rumex (dock). In 1997, it was introduced into Tasmania and subsequently monitored as a possible biological control against dock.[1]
Subspecies
- Pyropteron doryliformis doryliformis
 - Pyropteron doryliformis icteropus (Zeller, 1847)
 
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