Species of moth
Hemaris fuciformis
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Sphingidae
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Genus:
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Hemaris
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Species:
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H. fuciformis
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Binomial name
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Hemaris fuciformis
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Synonyms
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- Sphinx fuciformis Linnaeus, 1758
- Sphinx variegata Allioni, 1766
- Macroglossa robusta Alphéraky, 1882
- Macroglossa milesiformis Treitschke, 1834
- Macroglossa lonicerae Zeller, 1869
- Macroglossa caprifolii Zeller, 1869
- Hemaris simillima Moore, 1888
- Hemaris fuciformis rebeli Anger, 1919
- Hemaris fuciformis obsoleta Lambillion, 1920
- Hemaris fuciformis musculus Wagner, 1919
- Hemaris fuciformis minor Lambillion, 1920
- Hemaris fuciformis jakutana (Derzhavets, 1984)
- Haemorrhagia fuciformis jordani Clark, 1927
- Haemorrhagia fuciformis circularis Stephan, 1924
- Macroglossa bombyliformis heynei Bartel, 1898
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Hemaris fuciformis, known as the broad-bordered bee hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found in North Africa, Europe (except northern Scandinavia) and central and eastern Asia.
Description
The wingspan is 38–48 millimetres (1.5–1.9 in). The moth flies from April to September depending on the location.
Hemaris fuciformis larvae.jpg|Figs, 3, 3a larvae after last moult 3b larva just before pupation 3c pupa
The larvae feed on honeysuckle and Galium species.
Subspecies
- Hemaris fuciformis fuciformis
- Hemaris fuciformis pseudodentata Dubatolov, 2003 (Kopetdagh Mountains)[2]
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