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Hyles hippophaes

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Seathorn hawk-moth
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hyles
Species:
H. hippophaes
Binomial name
Hyles hippophaes
(Esper, 1789)[2]
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, 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

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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

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The wingspan is 65–80 mm.

Biology

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

Subspecies

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  3. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hyles hippophaes bienerti (Staudinger, 1874) -- Seabuckthorn hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

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