Hyles nervosa
| Ladakh hawkmoth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hyles |
| Species: | H. nervosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyles nervosa (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hyles nervosa (Ladakh hawkmoth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in eastern Afghanistan, northern and western India, northern Pakistan and the extreme west of the Xizang Province and Tibet.
The wingspan is 68–87 mm. Adults are on wing from March to May, June to July and in September. There are three generations per year.
The larvae feed on herbaceous Euphorbia species.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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