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Clarina kotschyi

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Grapevine hawkmoth
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Clarina
Species:
C. kotschyi
Binomial name
Clarina kotschyi
(Kollar, 1849)[1]
Synonyms
  • Deilephila kotschyi Kollar, 1849
  • Metopsilus mardina Staudinger, 1901

Clarina kotschyi, the grapevine hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1849. It is found from the Iranian plateau and Mesopotamia to eastern and central Turkey.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Vitis vinifera, Parthenocissus and Ampelopsis species.

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Clarina Tutt, 1903". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.