Hemaris galunae

Hemaris galunae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hemaris
Species: H. galunae
Binomial name
Hemaris galunae
Eitschberger, Müller & Kravchenko, 2005[1]

Hemaris galunae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Syria.

Some authors regard Hemaris galunae as a dry zone form of H. tityus or as an isolated eastern population of H. aksana, left stranded as North Africa dried out after the last ice age.[2]

It is similar to Hemaris tityus and Hemaris radians, but with a broader marginal band on both forewing and hindwing. The abdominal tufts are almost black with few light brown or light yellow hair-like scales.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. "Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19.


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