Deilephila

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Deilephila
Middle wine hawk (Deilephila elpenor)

Middle wine hawk ( Deilephila elpenor )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Swarmers (Sphingidae)
Subfamily : Macroglossinae
Genre : Deilephila
Scientific name
Deilephila
Laspeyres , 1809
Middle hawk caterpillar

Deilephila is a genus within the butterfly family of swarmers (Sphingidae). Four species are known from the Palearctic , two of which are also found in Europe .

features

The labial palps of the adults are rough and have hair on the sides. The scaling on the inside resembles that of Hyles . The eyelashes are more clearly developed than in the genus Hyles . The antennae of the females are club-shaped, thickened, those of the males almost thread-shaped. The last link is short. The abdomen has numerous spines, which are less strongly chitinized than in Hyles .

The spherical eggs are shiny pale green.

The caterpillars do not have the typical swarm shape. The anal horn is greatly reduced or completely absent and the thoracic segments and the head can be drawn into the first two abdomen segments. These each have a pair of eye spots . There are oblique stripes on the sides of the body.

The pupae look similar to those of the genera Hippotion and Theretra , but each have a ring of fine hooks on the upper side of the movable abdomen segments. The proboscis is connected to the body, the kremaster is triangular and curved downwards. It has no spines at the end.

Way of life

The caterpillars feed mainly on herbaceous plants from the families of the red family (Rubiaceae) and evening primrose family (Onagraceae).

Systematics

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ian J. Kitching, Jean-Marie Cadiou: Hawkmoths of the World. An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Cornell University Press, New York 2000, ISBN 0-8014-3734-2
  2. ↑ Deilephila. Fauna Europaea, accessed April 26, 2008 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. AR Pittaway, accessed April 26, 2008 .

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