Sphingona epiopsis

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Sphingona epiopsis
Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Swarmers (Sphingidae)
Subfamily : Macroglossinae
Genre : Sphingona epiopsis
Scientific name
Sphingona epiopsis
Wallengren , 1858

Sphingonaepiopsis , also Sphingoneopsis, is a genus within the butterfly family of swarmers (Sphingidae).

features

The moths have forewings, the outer edge of which is either wavy or toothed. The labial palps are covered with coarse scales , the first segment has a fan at its end. The compound eyes are eyelashed, and there is also a tuft of hair on the head. The antennae of the males are toothed or combed, those of the females are either thread-shaped or club-shaped. The last antenna segment is short. The splints ( tibia ) are thorny, the tarsi of the middle pair of legs have a crest at the base, those of the hind legs have some thorns at the base. The tibiae of the hind legs have two spurs of equal length. The paronychium has very small lobes on the sides, none are formed anteriorly. The tarsi are long. The wing veins M3 and Cu1 of the forewings arise close to each other, Cu2 arises in the apical third of the discoidal cell . The costalader of the hind wings is almost straight and is curved inwards near the base. Cu1 and Cu2 run close to each other.

The small, spherical eggs are colored green.

The caterpillars have the body shape typical of hawkids, with a slender body, a small anal horn and pale longitudinal lines along the body. The head capsule is large, the thorax is slightly tapered towards the front.

The dolls are small and have a very shiny surface. They look similar to those of the genus Hyles , but have a dominant black pattern or are almost completely black. Your proboscis is fused with your body. The Kremaster is flattened on the sides, tapers broadly triangular and ends in a forked point.

Way of life

The caterpillars feed on herbaceous plants of the family of the redness plants (Rubiaceae).

Systematics

Nine species from the southern Palearctic , Oriental and Afrotropic are known, of which only Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades is also found in southeastern Europe :

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. AR Pittaway, accessed May 12, 2009 .
  2. ^ 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
  3. ↑ Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. AR Pittaway, accessed December 26, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Sphingoneopsis. Fauna Europaea, accessed May 12, 2009 .

literature

  • 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
  • AR Pittaway: The Hawkmoths of the western Palaearctic . Harley Books, 1993, ISBN 0-946589-21-6