Hyles apocyni explained

Hyles x apocyni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

The larvae feed on Apocynum species. While a close relationship to Hyles chamyla has long been suspected, a combination of DNA sequencing and comparative morphology places this species as a hybrid of Hyles chamyla with Hyles hippophaes bienerti.^[1]

External links

• Web site: CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae . Cate-sphingidae.org . https://archive.today/20121220142059/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Hyles/apocyni.html . 2012-12-20 . 2011-10-25.

Notes and References

1. Patzold . Franziska . Marabuto . Eduardo . Daneck . Hana . O'Neill . Mark . Kitching . Ian . Hundsdoerfer . Anna . 2021-05-17 . The Phylogenetics and Biogeography of the Central Asian Hawkmoths, Hyles hippophaes and H. chamyla: Can Mitogenomics and Machine Learning Bring Clarity? . Diversity . 13 . 5 . 213 . 10.3390/d13050213 . MDPI . 2023-06-23 . free . 10141/622944 . free .