Mountain hawkmoth | |
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Male, upperside, India, Kulu | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Dolbina |
Species: | D. grisea |
Binomial name | |
Dolbina grisea | |
Synonyms | |
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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.
The willowherb hawkmoth is a moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1772.
Macroglossum semifasciata, the half-banded hummingbird hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, south-western China, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Dolbina is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Otto Staudinger in 1877.
Rethera komarovi, the madder hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Hugo Christoph in 1885. It is found in south-western Europe, Asia Minor, Afghanistan, Turkestan, Iran and Iraq.
Dolbina elegans, the ash hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Andreas Bang-Haas in 1912. It is found from Ukraine, Moldavia, through eastern Romania and eastern and southern Bulgaria, northern Greece, western and southern Turkey to northern Syria, western Jordan, Israel, northern Iraq and northern Iran.
Hyles zygophylli, the bean-caper hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1808. It is found in western and eastern Turkey, Armenia, eastern Transcaucasia, Daghestan, northern Syria, northern Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and northern Afghanistan. It is also found from western, northern and central Xinjiang province east to Shaanxi province and north to Mongolia. There is one record of a vagrant from Croatia.
Hemaris ducalis, the Pamir bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the mountains of south-western Xinjiang in China, the western Tian Shan, southern and eastern Kazakhstan up to the Altai Mountains, western Mongolia, southern Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, northern Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Hemaris alaiana, the Alai bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is known from the Alayskiy Khrebet, Tian Shan, Dzungarian Alatau, Saur and Altai mountains, from Tajikistan and eastern Kazakhstan to western Mongolia. The habitat consists of montane meadows and woodland glades rich in flowers, generally from 1,400 to 2,200 meters altitude.
Hemaris rubra, the Kashmir bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is known from a number of valleys in Kashmir. The habitat consists of flower-rich meadows at around 2,500 meters.
Dolbina borneensis is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Malaysia, Thailand and Borneo.
Dolbina schnitzleri is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sulawesi.
Dolbina paraexacta is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from China.
Dolbina mindanaensis is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Philippines.
Dolbina luzonensis is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Philippines.
Dolbina formosana is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Taiwan.
Dolbina krikkeni is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sumatra.
Dolbina exacta, the exact grizzled hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.
Dolbina inexacta, the common grizzled hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.
Dolbina tancrei is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.