Hyles hippophaes

Hyles hippophaes
Hyles hippophaes
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hyles
Species: H. hippophaes
Binomial name
Hyles hippophaes
(Esper, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx hippophaes Esper, 1789
  • Deilephila insidiosa Erschoff, 1874
  • Celerio hippophaes teriolensis Dannehl, 1929
  • Celerio hippophaes obscurata Dannehl, 1929
  • Celerio hippophaes kiortsii Koutsaftikis, 1974
  • Celerio hippophaes flava Denso, 1913
  • Celerio hippophaes expallidata Dannehl, 1933
  • Celerio hippophaes crocea Rebel, 1910
  • Deilephila hippophaes bienerti Staudinger, 1874
  • Celerio hippophaes shugnana Sheljuzhko, 1933
  • Celerio hippophaes ornatus Gehlen, 1930
  • Celerio hippophaes malatiatus Gehlen, 1934
  • Celerio hippophaes caucasica Clark, 1922
  • Celerio hippophaes bucharana Sheljuzhko, 1933
  • Celerio hippophaes baltistana O. Bang-Haas, 1939
  • Celerio hippophaes anatolica Rebel, 1933
  • Hyles hippophaes transcaucasica Gehlen, 1932
  • Hyles hippophaes caucasica Denso, 1913

Hyles hippophaes is a species of moth in the Sphingidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

The wingspan is 65-80 mm. Subspecies bienerti is paler and browner than related subspecies. A pale, oblique median line is noticeable on the underside of the forewing. The hindwing patches are more orange than red.

Larvae of subspecies bienerti have been recorded on Elaeagnus angustifolia and Hippophae rhamnoides in China and Tajikistan.

Subspecies

  • Hyles hippophaes hippophaes
  • Hyles hippophaes bienerti (Staudinger, 1874) (from Turkey, the Caucasus and southern Russia, east through Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan to Kashmir and north-western India, and north-east through Kyrgyzstan and eastern Kazakhstan to northern China, Mongolia, Lake Baikal and Tuva in Russia)[2]
  • Hyles hippophaes miatleuskii Eitschberger & Saldaitis, 2000 (Kazakhstan)

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Hyles/hippophaes.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  2. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_bie.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 

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