Sphingoneopsis gorgoniades (Hubner, 1819)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Macroglossinae → tribe Macroglossini → subtribe Macroglossina → genus Sphingoneopsis → species Sphingoneopsis gorgoniades

Species name(s)

Sphingoneopsis gorgoniades (Hubner, 1819) = Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades (Hubner, [1819]) = Proserpinus gorgoniades Hübner, [1819] = Sphinx gorgon Esper, [1804] = Sphingonaepiopsis pfeifferi chloroptera Mentzer, 1974 = Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades chloroptera. [3, 9, 10]

Gorgon Hawkmoth.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#10. Sredne-Volzhsky*; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky*; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades. [3].

Distribution

Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (mainland), Macedonia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Croatia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasian, West Caucasian (?), Lower Volga, Mid-Volzhsky (?), South Ural. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Galium and other Rubiaceae. [28].

Subspecies of Sphingoneopsis gorgoniades

Sphingoneopsis gorgoniades gorgoniades (Hubner, 1819). [10]
S. g. pfeifferi Zerny, 1933. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Igor Sakhno.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012