Bembecia megillaeformis

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|taxon = Bembecia megillaeformis

|authority = (Hübner, 1813)[http://www.sesiidae.net/Checklst.htm Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World]

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• Sphinx megillaeformis Hübner, [1813]
• Sesia megilliformis
• Dypsosphecia masellaeformis Ragusa, 1923

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Bembecia megillaeformis is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in central and south-eastern Europe,{{cite web|url=http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=440112|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152620/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=440112|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|title=Bembecia megillaeformis (Hübner, 1813)|publisher=Fauna Europaea|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|accessdate= January 5, 2014}} east to Turkey, Uralsk, the Crimea and the Black Sea.

The wingspan is {{convert|18|–|22|mm}}. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Genista tinctoria, Genista ratisbonensis, Cytisus hirsutus, Colutea arborescens, Chamaecytisus, Astragalus glycyphyllos and Corothamus procumbens.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/sesioidea/sesiidae/sesiinae/bembecia/index.html Bembecia at funet]