Hemaris saldaitisi

Hemaris saldaitisi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tuva in Russia.

Hemaris saldaitisi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hemaris
Species:
H. saldaitisi
Binomial name
Hemaris saldaitisi
Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998[1]
Synonyms
  • Mandarina saldaitisi Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998

It is similar to Hemaris tityus, but the marginal forewing band is very narrow and that of the hindwing is almost absent. Kitching & Cadiou considered that the diagnostic features of the holotype of Hemaris saldaitisi fell within the range of variation of Hemaris tityus and treated the former as a junior synonym of the latter. Eitschberger et al. reinstated Hemaris saldaitisi as a species, but gave no reason for doing so and did not attempt to refute the arguments of Kitching & Cadiou.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.


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