Biology:Hyles dahlii

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Short description: Species of moth

Hyles dahlii
Hyles dahlii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hyles
Species:
H. dahlii
Binomial name
Hyles dahlii
(Geyer, 1828)[1]
Synonyms
  • Celerio mediofascia Celerio cyanea
  • Sphinx praenubila Sphinx dahlii
  • Geyer, [1828] Boisduval, 1828
  • (Schultz, 1907) (Bytinski-Salz, 1937)
  • Sphinx infuscata Sphinx lutescens
  • (Turati, 1910) (Gehlen, 1929)
  • Sphinx dahlii (Oberthür, 1904)
  • Rebel, 1926 Celerio euphorbiae balearica

Hyles dahlii is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Carl Geyer in 1828.

Distribution

It is found on Corsica, Sardinia and the Balearic Islands. On rare occasions it is found on Sicily and along the north-eastern coast of Spain . It was introduced to Tunisia in the mid 1980s.

On Menorca, the Hyles dahlii population consists of a hybrid with Hyles euphorbiae. Due to this hybridisation, only few characteristics of Hyles dahlii are present in the imago. There is also hybridisation on Malta. Here it is a hybrid between Hyles dahlii and Hyles tithymali. Research suggests that Hyles dahlii is in fact a species which evolved from Hyles tithymali through isolation.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 65–85 mm.

Biology

Adults are on wing from May to June and from August to September in two generations. The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Euphorbia paralias, Euphorbia myrsinites, Euphorbia characias, Euphorbia dendroides, Euphorbia pithyusa, Euphorbia pinea and Euphorbia terracina.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q138241 entry