Hyles tithymali (Boisduval, 1834)
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 tithymali
Species name(s)
Hyles tithymali (Boisduval, 1834) = Deilephila tithymali Boisduval, 1834 = Deilephila calverleyi Grote, 1865. [9, 10]
Barbary Spurge Hawk-moth.
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Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Canary Islands, Madeira. [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Euphorbia, E. regis-jubae. [28].
Subspecies of Hyles tithymali
- Hyles tithymali deserticola (Staudinger, 1901). [10]
- H. t. gecki (de Freina, 1991). [10]
- H. t. himyarensis Meerman, 1988. [9]
- H. t. mauretanica (Staudinger, 1871). [9]
- H. t. phaelipae (Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2007). [10]
- H. t. tithymali (Boisduval, 1834). [10]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Paolo Mazzei. Text data: Peter Khramov.
References
- [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
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