Hyles biguttata

Hyles biguttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Hyles
Species: H. biguttata
Binomial name
Hyles biguttata
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Deilephila biguttata Walker, 1856
  • Celerio biguttata
  • Deilephila eleagni Boisduval, 1875
  • Deilephila euphorbioides Swinhoe, 1892

Hyles biguttata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known to be from Madagascar[2] and Réunion.

The larvae feed on Agauria salicifolia and Agauria buxifolia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  3. ↑ Afromoths


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