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Dolbina grisea

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Mountain hawkmoth
Male, upperside, India, Kulu
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Dolbina
Species:
D. grisea
Binomial name
Dolbina grisea
(Hampson, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pseudosphinx grisea Hampson, 1893
  • Dolbina grisea hackeri Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998

Dolbina grisea, the mountain hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is known from northern Pakistan, Kashmir, eastern Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the western Gissar Mountains of southern Uzbekistan.[2] The habitat consists of light, temperate montane forest, including juniper woodland.

The wingspan is 50–64 mm. Adults are on wing in early April, from early June to August, and (sometimes) from late September to early October. There are two or three generations per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Fraxinus potamophila in Tajikistan.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Dolbina grisea (Hampson, [1893])". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.