Hyles centralasiae

Hyles centralasiae
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hyles
Species:	H. centralasiae
Binomial name
Hyles centralasiae (Staudinger, 1887) [1]
Synonyms
Deilephila centralasiaeStaudinger, 1887 Celerio centralasiae transcaspicaO. Bang-Haas, 1936

Hyles centralasiae, the eastern foxtail-lily hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1887.

Distribution

It is found from eastern Turkey and Armenia east across northern Iraq, northern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, the mountainous areas of eastern Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and northern Xinjiang in China.

Description

The wingspan is 60–75 mm. ^[2]

References

1. "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Hyles centralasiae". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hyles centralasiae (Staudinger, 1887) -- Eastern foxtail-lily hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

External links

• "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-10-25.