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Hyles centralasiae

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Hyles centralasiae
Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hyles
Species:
H. centralasiae
Binomial name
Hyles centralasiae
Synonyms
  • Deilephila centralasiae Staudinger, 1887
  • Celerio centralasiae transcaspica O. Bang-Haas, 1936

Hyles centralasiae, the eastern foxtail-lily hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1887. It is found from eastern Turkey and Armenia east across northern Iraq, northern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, the mountainous areas of eastern Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and northern Xinjiang in China.

The wingspan is 60–75 mm.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Hyles centralasiae". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2023-06-24.
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hyles centralasiae (Staudinger, 1887) -- Eastern foxtail-lily hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
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