Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis
Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Sphingonaepiopsis |
Species: | S. kuldjaensis |
Binomial name | |
Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis (Graeser, 1892) | |
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The Kuldja Hawkmoth (Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in eastern Kazakhstan, western Xinjiang Province in China, eastern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and eastern Afghanistan.
The wingspan is 30–34 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from late April to early July, and again as a partial second generation from early July to late August.
The larvae feed on flower buds and young leaves of Galium species.
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