Biology:Hyles hippophaes
| Seathorn hawk-moth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hyles |
| Species: | H. hippophaes
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyles hippophaes (Esper, 1789)[2]
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Hyles hippophaes, the seathorn hawk-moth, is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1789.
Distribution
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.
Description
The wingspan is 65–80 mm. Subspecies H. h. 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.
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Hyles hippophaes ♂
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Hyles hippophaes ♀
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Hyles hippophaes ♀ △
Biology
Larvae of subspecies H. h. 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)[3]
- Hyles hippophaes miatleuskii Eitschberger & Saldaitis, 2000 (Kazakhstan)
References
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Hyles hippophaes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T10542A3198676. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10542A3198676.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10542/3198676. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20121016130024/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Hyles/hippophaes.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hyles hippophaes bienerti (Staudinger, 1874) -- Seabuckthorn hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_bie.htm. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
Sources
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q601450 entry
