Moth Photographers Group – Hyles euphorbiae

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Sphingidae

890215 – 7892 Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Leafy Spurge Hawk Moth

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Synonymy:

atrolimbata (Dannehl, 1929) (Celerio)

filapjewi (Bang-Haas, 1936) (Celerio)

flavidior (Sohn-Rethel, 1929) (Celerio)

grentzenbergi (Staudinger, 1885) (Celerio)

grentzenbergi-ziczac (Wladasch, 1929) (Celerio)

nigrescens (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Celerio)

euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Sphinx) - MONA 1983: 7892

calverleyi (Grote, 1865) (Deilephila)

conspicua (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (Celerio)

cretica Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998 (Hyles)

deserticola (Staudinger, 1901) (Deilephila)

dolomiticola (Stauder, 1930) (Celerio)

elisabethae Ebert, 1996 (Hyles)

esulae (Hufnagel, 1766) (Deilephila)

etrusca (Verity, 1911) (Deilephila)

gallaeci Gil-T., Requejo & Estévez, 2011 (Hyles)

gecki de Freina, 1991 (Hyles)

himyarensis Meerman, 1988 (Hyles)

lucida (Derzhavets, 1980) (Celerio)

orientalis (Ebert, 1969) (Celerio)

paralias (Nickerl, 1837) (Deilephila)

peplidis (Christoph, 1894) (Deilephila)

phaelipae Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2012 (Hyles)

robertsi (Butler, 1880) (Deilephila)

rothschildi (Stauder, 1928) (Celerio)

saharae (Günther, 1939) (Celerio)

sammuti Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998 (Hyles)

sinensis (Closs, 1917) (Celerio)

strasillai (Stauder, 1921) (Celerio)

subiacensis (Dannehl, 1929) (Celerio)

tiithymali (Boisduval, 1834) (Deilephila)

vandalusica (Ribbe, 1910) (Celerio)

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Hodges, R. W., 1971. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 21:p. 152; pl. 14.6. order or free PDF
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 41.13m; p. 246. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at Bill Oehlke's moth website - Hyles euphorbiae
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
Species page at Moths of North Dakota.
Tuttle, J. P., 2007. Hawk Moths of North America: p. 209; pl. 2.6.

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