Sphingidae Hawkmoths

The picture is not so good, but from what you can see,

I don't agree. Look at the border of the lower wing, it is almost not mobile:
in H. tityus, it is very thin; http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Hemaris_Tityus
H. fuciformis has a broad, http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Hemaris_Fuciformis
that's what we see. And the color of butterflies is different.
The author of the photo is right in the definition.

They completely forgot about a good sign -the discal cell is divided by a longitudinal vein, which is basically normal in the picture, so ... fuciformis

"I look at you like a mirror, Until I feel dizzy..." Mimas tiliae

Andrey, is Mimas tiliae often found in Moscow? And where, in what biotopes, and in what habitat conditions can it be seen more often? It's just that I myself have never seen either caterpillars or imagos of this species in the Southern Urals in Bashkiria (in particular, in the city of Sterlitamak and its environs). I looked for it in the linden plantings, but I didn't find it. Maybe there are some specifics in the search for this species?

This post was edited by Dompi - 05/28/2014 12: 24

strange, because the view is quite ordinary and goes well in the light

In the Southern Urals, in the vicinity of Sterlitamak and in the city itself, for several years so far I have only met the Bedstraw Hawk Moth (Hyles gallii) (caterpillars and imago), the honeysuckle bumblebee (Hemaris fuciformis) (imago), the poplar Hawk moth (Laothoe populi) (caterpillars and imago), the Milkweed Moth moth (Hyles euphorbiae), it seems like (was crushed by someone on the asphalt, so it was difficult to determine the type of hawk moth) Middle wine hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor) (imago). Also in the collection I saw an imago of the common Yazykan (Macroglossum stellatarum), caught in the vicinity of Krasnousolsky village (50 km northeast of Sterlitamak, in the western foothills of the Ural Mountains) and in the collection of Yaroslav Golovanov from Salavat (maybe there are common friends with him on the forum!?) caught by him in the vicinity of Salavat (30 km south of the city of Salavat).Sterlitamak) imago of Bindweed Hawk moth (Agrius convolvuli)

light up now. it should be both ocular and linden, it is possible that amurensis (I can't say for sure about the latter species, because I didn't catch it myself). yazykany I vyunki-August/Sept

[quote=Dompi,22.05.2014 13: 47]

The picture is not so good, but from what you can see, H. tityus

This is H. fuciformis!

Sphinx pinastri (Linnaeus, 1758)is an intterest species with almost black coloration
17.05.2014 Moscow region,Orekhovo-Zuyevsky district, district of the village. Poplar, peat bogs, to the light. leg. Boldyrev A.V.

Sphinx pinastri (Linnaeus, 1758)is an intterest species with almost black coloration
17.05.2014 Moscow region,Orekhovo-Zuyevsky district, district of the village. Poplar, peat bogs, to the light. leg. Boldyrev

There is a very dark Hyloicus pinastri L. The shape is "f. unicolor", almost, or without a pattern. In quotation marks, because the forms are no longer valid.

Please help me identify it. Sapa, Vietnam, May 2014

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Rhodoprasina callantha. A good species, although the most common member of the genus, but very local.

Just yesterday, the day before yesterday, I received completely unexpected information. It turns out that in 2013 an article was published (as is now customary, in the European samizdat) as a revision (??) of the genus Sphingonaepiopsis (rather, Neopterodonta Eitschberger, 1999). I was absolutely shocked when I saw that the authors describe 2 new species-S. asiatica from Kopet Dagh and S. gurkoi from Ramit - based on some minimal differences in the harps and figure. No molecular genetic studies were carried out, the sample is minimal, for me these taxa are one = extreme southeastern populations of gorgoniades, the second - high-altitude population of kuldjaensis. Unfortunately, I only have a low-quality copy, so I can't see the photos of genital preparations in it. Maybe someone has access to Melichar & Žezáč, 2013, European Entomologist 4 (4)? There are only 7 U-turns. And at the same time, it would be interesting to see how much DNA these "species" are bred as different.

Rhodoprasina callantha. A good species, although the most common member of the genus, but very local.

Thank you for your help.

Good day to all.
Colleagues, has anyone put a series of Mimas tiliae on the basis of color variability (from herbaceous green to ochre, brown)? Or does M. B. know where to look ?

Good day to all.
Colleagues, has anyone put a series of Mimas tiliae on the basis of color variability (from herbaceous green to ochre, brown)? Or does M. B. know where to look ?

Good afternoon!
If it is interesting and helps, this year's collection.

Good day to all.
Colleagues, has anyone put a series of Mimas tiliae on the basis of color variability (from herbaceous green to ochre, brown)? Or does M. B. know where to look ?

I have more diverse Mimas tiliae, but the camera does not work, and it is problematic to buy a new one. So far, I'm just making congratulations. Then you will see....

Good afternoon!
If it is interesting and helps, this year's collection.

The selection of linden hawk moth forms is very interesting for you. I've already written why I can't post my own. You are very interested in the 1st one on the left, dark (melanized), and the rest. Well good luck.

In the last decade of May, a lot of bedstraw hawk moth flew during the day in the Botanical Garden of Ufa. Most of all, they came across above lavender (I don't remember exactly, but it seems to be lavender), rhododendrons and annual phlox. I couldn't see the whole garden, so I was in a hurry. Therefore, it is possible that bedstraw birds could fly in other parts of the garden. There is also a bumblebee sp. at the same time, I flew over annual phlox. It was strange that not a single hawk moth was found on the bushes of richly blooming lilacs, although they flew not far from her bushes, but ignored the lilacs. Although in Sterlitamak bedstraw and bumblebee honeysuckle flew and fed on lilac trees. The day before yesterday, in Sterlitamak, I saw an imago of hawk moth, similar to bedstraw or milkweed, on hesperis (aka Matron's vechernitsa, aka bull phlox). And on May 31, in the district center of the Zilairsky district of Bashkiria in the village of Zilair, one hawk moth, also like a bedstraw, flew and was interested in flowering rhubarb.

This post was edited by Dompi - 06.06.2014 12: 27

Gleb, do you know who is currently engaged in butterflies in Bashkiria? Migranov is said to have long since retired from dealing with lepidopteran insects...

Oleg Alexandrovich, if Migranov really moved away from the lepidoptera of Bashkiria, then it seems that no one is currently working on them in this territory. I do not know any other researchers of the Bashkirian Lepidopteran fauna. With regard to the lepidoptera of the Southern Urals, I know only P. Y. Gorbunov and V. N. Olshvang's "Butterflies of the Southern Urals" from major modern works of other biologists, and here there is also information on these links http://www.redbook.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=337 , http://www.redbook.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=417 and other forum topics on the site http://www.redbook.ru/. It is a pity if Migranov moved away from studying the butterflies of Bashkiria and the Southern Urals. His work on butterflies is very interesting and informative.

This post was edited by Dompi - 06.06.2014 17: 43

Far Eastern Marumbas.

I assume that both are Marumba maackii, although maybe there is Marumba jankovskii among them?
I would like to hear the opinion of the forum members.

Verkhny sobran-Primorsky Krai, Anisimovka village 17.07.1998
lower one (larger and lighter) - Primorsky Krai, Lukyanovka village 6.07.2013.

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two views

Far Eastern Marumbas.

I assume that both are Marumba maackii, although maybe there is Marumba jankovskii among them?
I would like to hear the opinion of the forum members.

Verkhny sobran-Primorsky Krai, Anisimovka village 17.07.1998
lower one (larger and lighter) - Primorsky Krai, Lukyanovka village 6.07.2013.

Upper collected - Primorsky Krai, Anisimovka village 17.07.1998 Marumba jankovskii
lower (larger and lighter) - Primorsky Krai, Lukyanovka village 6.07.2013 g Marumba maackii

Good evening!
Podmoskovye brazhniki sosnovy and glazchatyi. Yesterday, Istra district.

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[quote=Babistr,14.06.2014 21: 03]

They completely forgot about a good sign -the discal cell is divided by a longitudinal vein, which is basically normal in the picture, so ... fuciformis

Precisely because I do not see the dividing vein and consider it titius: -)

No, these are the natural ones. I myself was pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the eye-shaped one in just perfect condition.

You are very lucky! Thank you for your message.

Precisely because I don't see the dividing line and consider it titius :-)

Many people have already explained to you that this is HEMARIS FUCIFORMIS. Why look for this vein?! These two species are excellently distinguished by the habit of the wings and the bristles at the end of the abdomen. European Hemaris are not difficult to identify by their appearance.

Colleagues, does anyone know what happened to the Pitaway hawk moth sites? Not a damn thing works...

Colleagues, does anyone know what happened to the Pitaway hawk moth sites? Not a damn thing works...

It works for me.

http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/silk/satlist.htm
In St. Petersburg, links don't open not only for me. Maybe the addresses have changed, please tell me pliz!

fraudatrix
I live in St. Petersburg, links open normally. I have Internet Explorer

  http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/silk/satlist.htm
In St. Petersburg, links don't open not only for me. Maybe the addresses have changed, please tell me pliz!

I clicked on your links, they really don't work, there is no download, as if there is no Internet connection. Maybe the site's page names aren't correct?
I'll try opening the site myself. Can it work?....

That's just it. Some people have it open, others don't. What's with Mozilla, what's with Explorer-the same.

I clicked on your links, they really don't work, there is no download, as if there is no Internet connection. Maybe the site's page names aren't correct?
I'll try opening the site myself. Can it work?....

Maybe the link names are not entered correctly? You can do this: on the starting site, type:
Sphingidae of Eastern Palaearctic (for example), and you will find the site of Pittaway.

Maybe the link names are not entered correctly? You can do this: on the starting site, type:
Sphingidae of Eastern Palaearctic (for example), and you will find the site of Pittaway.

Yes, everything there is correctly typed. My friend and I can't open it from home computers, but it did open from his work computer. It doesn't open for you. For those who responded, it opens.. Let's wait for this shit to get better, not in a hurry.

If you just enter http://tpittaway.tripod.com
then I get this message:

http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/list.htm
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/china.htm
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/silk/satlist.htm
Yesterday at work all links opened normally from the explorer
Today at home from chrome everything also works
http://tpittaway.tripod.com says that index was not created. html