Dolbina elegans
| Ash hawkmoth | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Dolbina |
| Species: | D. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolbina elegans A. Bang-Haas, 1912[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Dolbina elegans (ash hawkmoth) is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Ukraine, Moldavia, through eastern Romania and eastern and southern Bulgaria, northern Greece, western and southern Turkey to northern Syria, western Jordan, Israel, northern Iraq and northern Iran.
The wingspan is 40–53 millimetres (1.6–2.1 in). There are two to three generations per year. Adults are on wing from April/May to early September. In Europe they are mainly found in July and in April in southern Bulgaria.
The larvae probably feed on Fraxinus species.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.