Hyles zygophylli (Ochsenheimer, 1808)

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 zygophylli

Species name(s)

Hyles zygophylli (Ochsenheimer, 1808) = Sphinx zygophylli Ochsenheimer, 1808 = Celerio zygophylli jaxartis Froreich, 1938 = xanthoxli (Derzhavets, 1977). [9, 10]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #25. Tuvinsky*.

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

Flight time

January

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December

Over-wintering stage

Pupa.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

Sphinx zygophylli Ochsenheimer, 1808 [115].

Distribution

USSR - the European part. [1].
Russia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Western Caucasus, Lower Volga, Tuva (?). [3].
Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, China, Mongolia. [115].

Imago lifespan

April-September (3 generations). [115].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Species of the genus Zygophillum (zygophyllum). [115].

Overwintering stage

Chrysalis [PC106].

Subspecies of Hyles zygophylli

Hyles zygophylli jaxartis Froreich., 1938. [187]
H. z. xanthoxyli Derzhavetz, 1977. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Evgeny Komarov, Sergei Kotov.

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
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[115] Pittaway A.R. Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic (including Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, western Siberia and western Central Asia.). http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[PC106] Sergei Kotov