Hyles tithymali tithymali

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 tithymali

Name

Hyles tithymali tithymali (Boisduval, 1834)

Type locality: Canary Islands. Distribution: Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote islands.

Synonyms

• Deilephila tithymali Boisduval, 1834
• Deilephila calverleyi Grote & Robinson, 1865, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 56

Photos

• Moths and Butterflies of Europe [1]
• Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [2]

References

• Boisduval, 1834, Icon. hist. Lépid. Europ. 2: 30.
• Gil-T., F. (2010): Concerning the morphology of Hyles tithymali from La Palma island (W. Canary islands, Spain) and its formal ascription to Hyles tithymali phaelipae Gil-T. & Gil-Uceda, 2007 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). ISSN 0171-0079 | Atalanta 41 (1/2): 253–256. Full article: [3].
• Gil-T., F. (2010): The variability in the larval morphology of Hyles tithymali of La Gomera (W. Canary islands) and the dilemma of its subspecific ascription (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). ISSN 0171-0079 | Atalanta 41 (1/2): 245–251. Full article: [4].