- Dolbina elegans
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Dolbina elegans Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae Genus: Dolbina Species: D. elegans Binomial name Dolbina elegans
A. Bang-Haas, 1912[1]Synonyms - Dolbina elegans steffensi Popescu-Gorj, 1971
The Ash Hawkmoth, Dolbina elegans, is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Ukraine, Moldavia, through eastern Romania and eastern and southern Bulgaria, northern Greece, western and southern Turkey to northern Syria, western Jordan, Israel, northern Iraq and northern Iran.
The wingspan is 40–53 millimetres (1.6–2.1 in). There are two to three generations per year. Adults are on wing from April/May to early September. In Europe they are mainly found in July and in April in southern Bulgaria.
The larvae probably feed on Fraxinus species.
References
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Dolbina/elegans.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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