Hemaris alaiana
| Hemaris alaiana | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | |
| male and female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hemaris |
| Species: | H. alaiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemaris alaiana (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The Alai bee hawkmoth (Hemaris alaiana) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Alayskiy Khrebat, Tian Shan, Dzhungarskiy Alatau, Saur and Altai Mountains, from Tajikistan and eastern Kazakhstan to western Mongolia.[2] The habitat consists of montane meadows and woodland glades rich in flowers, generally from 1,400 to 2,200 meters altitude.
The wingspan is 35–45 mm. It is a diurnal species. Adults are wing from early June to mid July.
The larvae probably feed on Lonicera, Rubia and Galium species.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ "Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/13/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.