Dolbina grisea
| Mountain hawkmoth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Dolbina |
| Species: | D. grisea |
| Binomial name | |
| Dolbina grisea (Hampson, 1893)[1] | |
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Dolbina grisea (mountain hawkmoth) is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from northern Pakistan, Kashmir, eastern Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the western Gissar Mountains of southern Uzbekistan.[2] The habitat consists of light, temperate montane forest, including juniper woodland.
The wingspan is 50–64 mm. Adults are on wing in early April, from early June to August, and (sometimes) from late September to early October. There are two or three generations per year.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Fraxinus potamophila in Tajikistan.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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