Hemaris affinis

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

Honeysuckle bee hawkmoth
male and female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hemaris affinis (Bremer, 1861) -- Honeysuckle bee hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.