Hemaris affinis

Honeysuckle bee hawkmoth
male and female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hemaris
Species: H. affinis
Binomial name
Hemaris affinis
(Bremer, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Macroglossa affinis Bremer, 1861
  • Macroglossa confinis Staudinger, 1892
  • Macroglossa ganssuensis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
  • Macroglossa sieboldi Boisduval, 1869
  • Sesia alternata Butler, 1874
  • Sesia whitelyi Butler, 1874

Hemaris affinis, the honeysuckle bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mongolia, the Russian Far East, northern, central and eastern China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea and Japan.[2]

The wingspan is 43–54 mm. There are two generations per year in northern China, with adults on wing from May to late August. In Korea, adults have been recorded from early May to early November.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Lonicera maackii in the Russian Far East and China, as well as Lonicera japonica and Patrinia scabiosaefolia in Korea.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
  2. ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-19.


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