Hemaris dentata

Hemaris dentata, the Anatolian bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1887.[1] It is known from southern Turkey as far west as the Taurus Mountains.[2]

Hemaris dentata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hemaris
Species:
H. dentata
Binomial name
Hemaris dentata
(Staudinger, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Macroglossa dentata Staudinger, 1887

The wingspan is 36–45 mm. It is a diurnal species. Adults are on wing from mid to late July in one generation per year.

The larvae probably feed on Lonicera species.

References

  1. "Hemaris dentata (Staudinger, 1887) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". CATE Sphingidae. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  2. Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Hemaris dentata (Staudinger, 1887)". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.


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