Hyles siehei

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Hyles siehei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hyles
Species:
H. siehei
Binomial name
Hyles siehei
(Pungeler, 1903) [1]
Synonyms
  • Deilephila sieheiPüngeler, 1903
  • Hyles siehei privataAustaut, 1905

Hyles siehei is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known in southern and eastern Turkey, Armenia, northern Syria, northern Iraq and northern Iran.

The wingspan is 65–70 mm for ssp. siehei and 55–65 mm for ssp. svetlana. Adults of ssp. siehei are on wing from late May to June in one generation. Adults of ssp. svetlana are on wing from late April to late May (with a peak in mid-May), also in one generation.

The larvae of ssp. siehei mainly feed on the seed- and flower-heads of Eremurus species, such as Eremurus himalaicus , Eremurus olgae , Eremurus robustus , Eremurus krudica and Eremurus stenophyllus , but have also been recorded on the seedheads of Asphodelus and Asphodeline species. Larvae of ssp. svetlana have also been recorded feeding on the flower- and seedheads Eremurus species, especially Eremurus sogriganus , Eremurus inderiensis and Eremurus ambigens .

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References

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