Hyles hippophaes

Seathorn hawk-moth
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hyles
Species:	H. hippophaes
Binomial name
Hyles hippophaes (Esper, 1789) [2]
Synonyms
Sphinx hippophaesEsper, 1789 Deilephila insidiosaErschoff, 1874 Celerio hippophaes teriolensisDannehl, 1929 Celerio hippophaes obscurataDannehl, 1929 Celerio hippophaes kiortsiiKoutsaftikis, 1974 Celerio hippophaes flavaDenso, 1913 Celerio hippophaes expallidataDannehl, 1933 Celerio hippophaes croceaRebel, 1910 Deilephila hippophaes bienertiStaudinger, 1874 Celerio hippophaes shugnanaSheljuzhko, 1933 Celerio hippophaes ornatusGehlen, 1930 Celerio hippophaes malatiatusGehlen, 1934 Celerio hippophaes caucasicaClark, 1922 Celerio hippophaes bucharanaSheljuzhko, 1933 Celerio hippophaes baltistanaO. Bang-Haas, 1939 Celerio hippophaes anatolicaRebel, 1933 Hyles hippophaes transcaucasicaGehlen, 1932 Hyles hippophaes caucasicaDenso, 1913

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.

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  Hyles hippophaes ♂
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  Hyles hippophaes ♀
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  Hyles hippophaes ♀ △

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) ^[3]
• Hyles hippophaes miatleuskiiEitschberger & Saldaitis, 2000 (Kazakhstan)

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Hyles hippophaes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T10542A3198676. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10542A3198676.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
3. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hyles hippophaes bienerti (Staudinger, 1874) -- Seabuckthorn hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

External links

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