Hyles sammuti
| Hyles sammuti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hyles |
| Species: | H. sammuti |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyles sammuti Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hyles sammuti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. Kitching & Cadiou (2000) treat it as a valid species,[2] while Pittaway treat it as a subspecies of Hyles tithymali, seeing the larvae are very similar to Hyles tithymali mauretanica. Based on studies of the Mitochondrial DNA, Hyles sammuti probably hybridises with Hyles euphorbiae.[3] It is known from Malta, but there are closely related populations found on Sicily and southern Italy, which might prove to be the same species.
The wingspan is 63–75 mm. There are multiple generations per year with adults on wing from February to October.
The larvae feed on Euphorbia spinosa, Euphorbia pinea and Euphorbia dendroides. The species overwinters as a pupa.
External links
- Hyles sammuti, European Butterflies and Moths
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ Ian J. Kitching, Jean-Marie Cadiou: Hawkmoths of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Cornell University Press, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8014-3734-2
- ↑ Anna K. Hundsdoerfer, Ian J. Kitching, Michael Wink: A molecular phylogeny of the hawkmoth genus Hyles (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, Macroglossinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35 (2005): S. 442–458
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