Hyles tithymali gallaeci

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Macroglossinae
Tribus: Macroglossini
Subtribus: Choerocampina
Genus: Hyles
Species: Hyles tithymali
Subspecies: Hyles tithymali gallaeci

Name

Hyles tithymali gallaeci Gil-T., Requejo & Estévez, 2011

• Type locality: Spain, NW Spain, Galicia Region, Pontevedra province, A Lanzada isthmus.
• Holotype: in Coll. Gil-T., female ♀. 8.VII.2011.
• The taxonomic final status of this taxon (larvae very similar to other taxa of the tithymali group) is awaiting a study molecular (not only of its mitochondrial DNA, but also of its nuclear DNA).

References

• Gil-T., F., S. Requejo & R. Estévez, 2011: A new and relict species for the Iberian Peninsula, with an enigmatic distribution: Hyles tithymali gallaeci subspec. nov. from the atlantic islands and coasts of Galicia Region (NW. Spain). (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Atalanta 42(1-4): 143–148. Full article (PDF)