Biology:Hemaris affinis
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Short description: Species of moth
| Honeysuckle bee hawkmoth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hemaris |
| Species: | H. affinis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemaris affinis (Bremer, 1861)[1]
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Hemaris affinis, the honeysuckle bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mongolia, the Russian Far East, northern, central and eastern China , Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea and Japan .[2]
The wingspan is 43–54 mm. There are two generations per year in northern China, with adults on wing from May to late August. In Korea, adults have been recorded from early May to early November.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Lonicera maackii in the Russian Far East and China, as well as Lonicera japonica and Patrinia scabiosaefolia in Korea.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110062444/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Hemaris/affinis.html. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hemaris affinis (Bremer, 1861) -- Honeysuckle bee hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_aff.htm. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q3243521 entry
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