Hemaris tityus

Taxobox
name = Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Sphingidae
genus = "Hemaris"
species = "H. tityus"
binomial = "Hemaris tityus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)Closely mimicking a bumblebee in appearance, "Hemaris tityus" is one of two similar species occurring in Britain. It is also known as the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth.

It appears in May and June and is a lively day-flier (unlike most other sphingids), generally active from mid-morning to mid-afternoon. [ [http://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/h_tit.htm "Hemaris tityus"] ]

Frequenting marshy woodland and damp moorland, it has a wide distribution across temperate Europe and Western Asia, but is generally quite scarce.

The larvae feed on devil's-bit scabious ("Succisa pratensis") and field scabious ("Knautia arvensis").Wingspan 40-50 mm.

References

# [http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/uploads/narrow-bordered_bee_hawk-moth.pdf Factsheet] by Butterfly Conservation