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Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hyles x apocyni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
Hyles apocyni | |
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Male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Hyles |
Species: | H. x apocyni |
Binomial name | |
Hyles x apocyni (Shchetkin, 1956)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Apocynum species. While a close relationship to Hyles chamyla has long been suspected, a combination of DNA sequencing and comparative morphology places this species as a hybrid of Hyles chamyla with Hyles hippophaes bienerti.[2]
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