Hemaris saldaitisi
Hemaris saldaitisi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tuva in Russia.
| Hemaris saldaitisi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hemaris |
| Species: | H. saldaitisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemaris saldaitisi Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998[1] | |
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It is similar to Hemaris tityus, but the marginal forewing band is very narrow and that of the hindwing is almost absent. Kitching & Cadiou considered that the diagnostic features of the holotype of Hemaris saldaitisi fell within the range of variation of Hemaris tityus and treated the former as a junior synonym of the latter. Eitschberger et al. reinstated Hemaris saldaitisi as a species, but gave no reason for doing so and did not attempt to refute the arguments of Kitching & Cadiou.
References
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
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