Eusphecia pimplaeformis

Eusphecia pimplaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece,^[2] as well as Turkey, Iran, the Caucasus and Iraq.

Eusphecia pimplaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Genus:	Eusphecia
Species:	E. pimplaeformis
Binomial name
Eusphecia pimplaeformis (Oberthür, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
Sesia pimplaeformis Oberthur, 1872 Trochilium maculiferum Staudinger, 1895

The larvae feed on Populus alba and sometimes Salix species.^[3] They mine the trunks of their host plant.