Hyles livornica, Crete - photo © https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24891464

Hyles livornica, Crete - photo © https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24891464

Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)

MOTH INFO

Hyles livornica is a moth of the family Sphingidae on the island of Crete, Greece.

Scientific name

Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)

Sphinx livornica (Esper, 1780)

Sphinx koechlini (Fuessly, 1781)

Celerio tatsienluica (Oberthür, 1916)

Hyles obscurata (Niepelt, 1922)

Hyles perlimbata (Abbayes, 1932)

Celerio saharae (Gehlen, 1932)

Celerio malgassica (Denso, 1944)

Hyles renneri (Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998)

Common name

Striped Hawk-moth

Classification

Superfamily: Bombycoidea > Family: Sphingidae > Subfamily: Macroglossinae > Tribus: Macroglossini > Genus: Hyles

Wingspan

68-90 mm

Habitat

Semi-arid habitats with asphodelus, rocky areas.

Food Plant

The larva is polyphagous and feeds on a variety of plants, i.e. Asphodelaceae (Asphodelus), Vitaceae (Vitis, Parthenocissus), Rubiaceae (Galium), Euphorbiaceae (Euphorbia), Onagraceae (Epilobium), Linaceae (Linum), Compositae (Scabiosa), Polygonaceae (Polygonum, Rumex), etc.

Flight Period
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Links

Lepidoptera Mundi

Lepiforum e. V.

Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

Lepidoptera and their Ecology

Plant Parasites of Europe

Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic

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