Hemaris fuciformis

Hemaris fuciformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hemaris
Species:	H. fuciformis
Binomial name
Hemaris fuciformis (Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
Synonyms
Sphinx fuciformisLinnaeus, 1758 Sphinx variegataAllioni, 1766 Macroglossa robustaAlphéraky, 1882 Macroglossa milesiformisTreitschke, 1834 Macroglossa loniceraeZeller, 1869 Macroglossa caprifoliiZeller, 1869 Hemaris simillimaMoore, 1888 Hemaris fuciformis rebeliAnger, 1919 Hemaris fuciformis obsoletaLambillion, 1920 Hemaris fuciformis musculusWagner, 1919 Hemaris fuciformis minorLambillion, 1920 Hemaris fuciformis jakutana(Derzhavets, 1984) Haemorrhagia fuciformis jordaniClark, 1927 Haemorrhagia fuciformis circularisStephan, 1924 Macroglossa bombyliformis heyneiBartel, 1898

Hemaris fuciformis, known as the broad-bordered bee hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found in North Africa, Europe (except northern Scandinavia) and central and eastern Asia.

Description

The wingspan is 38–48 millimetres (1.5–1.9 in). The moth flies from April to September depending on the location. Hemaris fuciformis larvae.jpg|Figs, 3, 3a larvae after last moult 3b larva just before pupation 3c pupa The larvae feed on honeysuckle and Galium species.

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  Figs, 3, 3a larvae after last moult 3b larva just before pupation 3c pupa

A bee hawk moth feeding on Aubrieta flowers (32x slow motion)

Subspecies

• Hemaris fuciformis fuciformis
• Hemaris fuciformis pseudodentataDubatolov, 2003 (Kopetdagh Mountains) ^[2]

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
2. "A new subspecies of Hemaris fuciformis from the Kopetdagh Mountains in Southern Turkmenistan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-10-19.

External links

• Broad-bordered bee hawk-moth UKMoths
• Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Hemaris fuciformis (Linnaeus, 1758)". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
• Lepiforum e.V.
• Vlindernet.nl (in Dutch)