Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Имаго (Hyles euphorbiae)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Macroglossinae → tribe Macroglossini → subtribe Choerocampina → genus Hyles → species Hyles euphorbiae

Species name(s)

Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758) = Sphinx euphorbiae Linnaeus, 1758 = esulae (Hufnagel, 1766) = Deilephila esulae Boisduval, 1834 = Deilephila paralias Nickerl, 1837 = helioscopiae (de Selys-Longchamp, 1857) = Deilephila euphorbiae grentzenbergi Staudinger, 1885 = lafitolii (Thierry-Mieg, 1889) = defecta (Bartel, 1899) = rubescens (Garbowski, 1892) = cyparissiae (Schultz, 1903) = nigrescens (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) = restricta (Rothschilf & Jordan, 1903) = bilinea (Schultz, 1904) = brunnescens (Schultz, 1904) = rufomelana (Tutt, 1904) = suffusa (Tutt, 1904) = mediofasciata (Mayer, 1907) = mosana (Lambillion, 1908) = viverina (Denso, 1908) = cuspidata (Rebel, 1909) = Celerio euphorbiae vandalusica Rebel, 1910 = Celerio euphorbiae etrusca Verity, 1911 = demaculata (Schultz, 1911) = latefasciata (Schultz, 1911) = perfulva (Schultz, 1911) = subvittata (Schultz, 1911) = grisea (Closs, 1911) = ziczac (Fritsch, 1912) = decolorata (Closs, 1913) = pallida (Closs, 1913) = variegata (Closs, 1913) = annellalta (Closs, 1915) = unimacula (Closs, 1915) = gonneri (Bannermann, 1915) = rühlii (Bannermann, 1915) = krancheri (Bandermann, 1916) = albicans (Closs, 1917) = krombachi (Closs, 1917) = nigricans (Closs, 1917) = olivacea (Closs, 1917) = Celerio euphorbiae sinensis Closs, 1917 = clossi (Hannemann, 1917) = elliana (Bandermann, 1917) = coniuncta (Lütkemeyer, 1920) = Celerio euphorbiae strasillai Stauder, 1921 = jachani (Closs, 1921) = caecigena (Bandermann, 1924) = griseonympha (Bandermann, 1924) = rudolfi (Bandermann, 1924) = canarina (Wladasch, 1924) = silesiana (Wladasch, 1924) = nigerrima (Sölzl, 1924) = sulphurata (Bandermann, 1925) = conspicuata (Bandermann, 1926) = Celerio euphorbiae rothschildi Stauder, 1928 = argustana (Bandermann, 1928) = ernata (Bandermann, 1928) = flaveola (Bandermann, 1928) = ilia (Bandermann, 1928) = nymphaea (Bandermann, 1928) = viereckana (Bandermann, 1928) = clementiae (Bayard, 1928) = Celerio euphorbiae subiacensis Dannehl, 1929 = atrolimbata (Dannehl, 1929) = cyanea (Wladasch, 1929) = grentzenbergi-ziczac (Wladasch, 1929) = incarnate (Wladasch, 1929) = lilacina (Wladasch, 1929) = testata (Wladasch, 1929) = typica-latifolei (Wladasch, 1929) = flavidior (Sohn-Rethel, 1929) = philippsi (Bandermann, 1929) = umbrata (Gehlen, 1929) = Celerio euphorbiae dolomiticola Stauder, 1930:REF#: 268 = apiciplaga (Gehlen, 1930) = nebulosa (Gehlen, 1930) = virescens (Gehlen, 1930) = cleopatra (Wladasch, 1931) = farinata (Wladasch, 1931) = multicolor (Wladasch, 1931) = oberthueri (Bandermann, 1931) = roseata (Bandermann, 1931) = nigra (Gehlen, 1932) = bandermanni (Wladasch, 1933) = grisearuba-saumoneae (Wladasch, 1933) = rubescens-mediofasciata-olivacea (Wladasch, 1933) = galiata (Bandermann, 1934) = zableri (Bandermann, 1934) = Celerio euphorbiae filapjewi O. Bang-Haas, 1936 = ancestralis (Wladasch, 1939) = confusa (Wladasch, 1939) = effuscata (Wladasch, 1939) = heliophila (Wladasch, 1941) = vinacea-reducta (Wladasch, 1941) = aczeli (Bezsilla, 1943) = suarezi (Agenjo, 1952) = minor (Vilarrubia, 1974) = Hyles euphorbiae lucida Derzhavets, 1980. [9, 10]

Spurge Hawk-moth.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 5.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #19. Sredneobsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky.

Forewing length

35—37 mm.

Primary colors

Red, Green, Brown/Gray/Black.

Flight time

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Larva lifespan

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Italy, Crete, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, the Balearic Islands, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the British Isles, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland), Denmark (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Cyprus, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,Moldova, the Netherlands, the Channel Islands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, North Aegean Islands, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Faroe Islands, Finland, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Mid-Urals , Sredneobskaya, South West Siberian, South Ural. [3].
The area - the Mediterranean, where the butterflies settled north of the Alps. In Central Europe, there are also the autochthonous population. Sensitivity to cold is not as big as some other hawk moths. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Length of front wing may be 3.5 cm. And maybe 3.7. Compared withHyles galii- Hyles Gallii on which this species is quite like myself, it had a large red field on the rear fenders and are typical olive spots on a light background of the front wings. [5].

General info about Imago

Flies where milkweed grows - on the edge of the forest boundary strips, slopes and non-solar field roads. Euphorbiaceae revelers are active at dusk and night. [5].

Imago lifespan

From May to July. The second generation may occur in favorable years in the late summer. [5].

General info about Larva

Caterpillar yellow, with black rings, red dots and red as dorsal stripe. For pupation the larva crawls under a layer of grass. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Euphorbia, reported also on Mercurialis annua, Polygonum aviculare, Vitis, Fuchsia. [28].
Spurge. [5].

Larva lifespan

The larval stage is active from July to September. [5].

Pupa

Dolly may lie under the grass a few years before it will appear from the adult butterfly. [5].

Overwintering stage

Winters doll. [5].

Subspecies of Hyles euphorbiae

Hyles euphorbiae balearica Rebel, 1926. [187]
H. e. conspicua (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903). [9]
H. e. costata Nordmann, 1851. [187]
H. e. dahlii Geyer, 1827. [187]
H. e. dolomiticola Stauder., 1930. [187]
H. e. etrusca Verity. [187]
H. e. euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758). [10]
H. e. filipjewi Bang-Haas, 1936. [187]
H. e. nervosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. [187]
H. e. rothschildi Stauder., 1928. [187]
H. e. sachalinensis Matsumura, 1929. [187]
H. e. sinensis Closs, 1917. [187]
H. e. strasillai Stauder., 1921. [187]
H. e. subiacensis Dannehl, 1929. [187]
H. e. vandalusica Rebel. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Svyatoslav Knyazev, Igor Sakhno.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Sergei Kotov.

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
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[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
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org