Hemaris alaiana

Hemaris alaiana, the Alai bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.[1] It is known from the Alayskiy Khrebet, Tian Shan, Dzungarian Alatau, Saur and Altai mountains, from Tajikistan and eastern Kazakhstan to western Mongolia.[2] The habitat consists of montane meadows and woodland glades rich in flowers, generally from 1,400 to 2,200 meters altitude.

Hemaris alaiana
Male and female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hemaris
Species:
H. alaiana
Binomial name
Hemaris alaiana
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Haemorrhagia alaiana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

The wingspan is 3545 mm. It is a diurnal species. Adults are on wing from early June to mid-July.

The larvae probably feed on Lonicera, Rubia and Galium species.

References

  1. "Hemaris aksana (Le Cerf, 1923) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". CATE Sphingidae. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  2. Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Hemaris alaiana (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.


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