Seathorn hawk-moth
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hyles
Species:	H. hippophaes
Binomial name
Hyles hippophaes (Esper, 1789)[2]
Synonyms
Sphinx hippophaes Esper, 1789 Deilephila insidiosa Erschoff, 1874 Celerio hippophaes teriolensis Dannehl, 1929 Celerio hippophaes obscurata Dannehl, 1929 Celerio hippophaes kiortsii Koutsaftikis, 1974 Celerio hippophaes flava Denso, 1913 Celerio hippophaes expallidata Dannehl, 1933 Celerio hippophaes crocea Rebel, 1910 Deilephila hippophaes bienerti Staudinger, 1874 Celerio hippophaes shugnana Sheljuzhko, 1933 Celerio hippophaes ornatus Gehlen, 1930 Celerio hippophaes malatiatus Gehlen, 1934 Celerio hippophaes caucasica Clark, 1922 Celerio hippophaes bucharana Sheljuzhko, 1933 Celerio hippophaes baltistana O. Bang-Haas, 1939 Celerio hippophaes anatolica Rebel, 1933 Hyles hippophaes transcaucasica Gehlen, 1932 Hyles hippophaes caucasica Denso, 1913

Hyles hippophaes, the seathorn hawk-moth, is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1789.

Distribution

It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Description

The wingspan is 65–80 mm. Subspecies H. h. bienerti is paler and browner than related subspecies. A pale, oblique median line is noticeable on the underside of the forewing. The hindwing patches are more orange than red.

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  Hyles hippophaes ♂
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  Hyles hippophaes ♂ △
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  Hyles hippophaes ♀
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  Hyles hippophaes ♀ △

Biology

Larvae of subspecies H. h. bienerti have been recorded on Elaeagnus angustifolia and Hippophae rhamnoides in China and Tajikistan.

Subspecies

• Hyles hippophaes hippophaes
• Hyles hippophaes bienerti (Staudinger, 1874) (from Turkey, the Caucasus and southern Russia, east through Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan to Kashmir and north-western India, and north-east through Kyrgyzstan and eastern Kazakhstan to northern China, Mongolia, Lake Baikal and Tuva in Russia)^[3]
• Hyles hippophaes miatleuskii Eitschberger & Saldaitis, 2000 (Kazakhstan)