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Hyles cretica (Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998)
ΓΕΝΙΚΕΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΕΣ
Η Hyles cretica είναι μια νυχτοπεταλούδα της οικογένειας Sphingidae που απαντάται στο νησί της Κρήτης.
Επιστημονική ονομασία
Hyles cretica (Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998)
Κοινή ονομασία
Kreta-Wolfsmilchschwärmer
Ταξινόμηση
Superfamily: Bombycoidea > Family: Sphingidae > Subfamily: Macroglossinae > Tribus: Macroglossini > Genus: Hyles
Εύρος φτερών
69-80 mm
Ενδιαίτημα
Ξηροθερμικές περιοχές, βραχώδεις τοποθεσίες, φρύγανα, παράκτιες πετρώδεις περιοχές.
Φυτά-ξενιστές
Η κάμπια είναι μονοφαγική σε Euphorbiaceae (Εuphorbia characias, Euphorbia dendroides) και τρέφεται στα φύλλα.
Περίοδος εμφάνισης
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Σύνδεσμοι
Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic
Σημειώσεις
Hundsdoerfer AK, Lee KM, Kitching IJ, Mutanen M, 2019 – Genome-wide SNP Data Reveal an Overestimation of Species Diversity in a Group of Hawkmoths – Genome Biology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 8, August 2019, Pages 2136–2150
“[…] We therefore propose the following formal taxonomic reclassification of the HEC [Hyles Euphorbiae Complex] species rank taxa (names already placed in synonymy and the numerous infrasubspecific names are not listed here; for further information on these, see Kitching and Cadiou 2000):
Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758)
= Deilephila tithymali Boisduval, 1834 syn. nov.
= Hyles tithymali mauretanica Staudinger, 1871 syn. nov.
= Deilephila robertsi Butler, 1880 syn. nov.
= Deilephila peplidis Christoph, 1894 syn. nov.
= Deilephila mauretanica deserticola Staudinger, 1901 syn. nov.
= Celerio euphorbiae conspicua Rothschild and Jordan, 1903 syn. rev.
= Hyles tithymali himyarensis Meerman, 1988 syn. nov.
= Hyles euphorbiae gecki de Freina, 1991 syn. nov.
= Hyles robertsi elisabethae Ebert, 1996 syn. nov.
= Hyles cretica Eitschberger, Danner and Surholt, 1998 syn. nov.
= Hyles sammuti Eitschberger, Danner and Surholt, 1998 syn. nov.
= Hyles tithymali gallaeci Gil-T., Requejo and Estévez, 2011 syn. nov.
= Hyles tithymali phaelipae Gil-T. and Gil-Uceda, 2012 syn. nov.
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