Hyles vespertilio

Hyles vespertilio is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Hyles vespertilio
Caterpillar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hyles
Species:	H. vespertilio
Binomial name
Hyles vespertilio (Esper, 1780)[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx vespertilio Esper, 1780 Hyles salmonea (Oberthür, 1894) Hyles flava (Blachier, 1905) Hyles murina (Austaut, 1905) Hyles explicata (Dannehl, 1933) Deilephila vespertilio burckhardti (Mory, 1901)

Distribution

Range

It is found in central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula, as well as from Anatolia to the Caucasus.

Description

The wingspan is 60–80 mm.

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  Male dorsal
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  Male ventral
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  Female dorsal
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  Female ventral

Biology

Adults are on wing from May to June and from August to September in a partial second generation in most of the range. On high altitudes in central Europe and Bulgaria, there is only one generation from June to July.

The larvae feed on Epilobium species (including Epilobium dodonaei), Oenothera and Galium.