Hyles hippophaes explained

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.

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)^[1]
• Hyles hippophaes miatleuskii Eitschberger & Saldaitis, 2000 (Kazakhstan)

External links

• Seathorn hawk-moth, UKMoths
• Fauna Europaea
• Lepiforum e.V.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pittaway . A. R. . Kitching . I. J. . 2018 . Hyles hippophaes bienerti (Staudinger, 1874) -- Seabuckthorn hawkmoth . Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic . December 15, 2018.