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Hyles robertsi

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Species of moth

Spurge hawkmoth
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hyles
Species: H. robertsi
Binomial name
Hyles robertsi
(Butler, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Deilephila robertsi Butler, 1880
  • Deilephila robertsi peplidis Christoph, 1894
  • Celerio robertsi orientalis Ebert, 1969
  • Hyles euphorbiae robertsi

Hyles robertsi, the spurge hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880. It is known from Iran, the Kopet Dag Mountains of Turkmenistan, eastward to central and eastern Afghanistan, Kashmir and the Pamirs. It is also known from western Pakistan. Some authors consider it to be a subspecies of Hyles euphorbiae.

The wingspan is 65–85 mm. It is very similar to Hyles euphorbiae euphorbiae.

The larvae feed on herbaceous Euphorbia species.

Subspecies

  • Hyles robertsi robertsi
  • Hyles robertsi elisabethae Ebert, 1996 (Pakistan)
  • Hyles robertsi peplidis (Christoph, 1894) (Iran)

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-17. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Hyles euphorbiae robertsi (Butler, 1880)". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Hyles robertsi


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