Hyles (SPHINGIDAE: MACROGLOSSINAE: MACROGLOSSINI)
Small, probably migrant hawkmoths mainly associated with the Chaco region. Two similar species with olive-brown forewings marked with a conspicuous and contrasting pale diagonal band.
Key to species:
1a Several thin pale transverse lines crossing the forewing. - Hyles lineata (Fabricius 1775)
1b No thin pale transverse lines crossing the forewing. - Hyles euphorbiarum (Guérin-Méneville & Percheron 1835)
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Small, probably migrant hawkmoths mainly associated with the Chaco region. Two similar species with olive-brown forewings marked with a conspicuous and contrasting pale diagonal band.
Key to species:
1a Several thin pale transverse lines crossing the forewing. - Hyles lineata (Fabricius 1775)
1b No thin pale transverse lines crossing the forewing. - Hyles euphorbiarum (Guérin-Méneville & Percheron 1835)
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Many thanks to Ulf Drechsel and Ian Kitching for assistance with Sphingidae issues.
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Designed by Paul Smith 2006. This website is copyrighted by law. Material contained herewith may not be used without the prior written permission of FAUNA Paraguay. Photographs on this page were taken by Paul Smith, Andres Contreras, Olga Petko, Regis Nossent, Ulf Drechsel, and Helen Pheasey and are used with their permission.
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Gallery 1 Hyles euphorbiarum (Guérin-Méneville & Percheron 1835)
Sphinx Euphorbiarum Guerin-Meneville & Percheron, 1835. Genera des Insectes 2 (8): pl. 3, fig. 1.
Forewing: Male 27-35mm, Female 30-39mm
Distribution: Principally the Chaco region, marginal occurrence in Cordillera and Ñeembucú.
FIGURE 1a - (FPSPH0043PH) PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 1b - (FPSPH0044PH) Same individual hind wing (Paul Smith September 2010).
Gallery 1 Hyles lineata (Fabricius 1775)
Sphinx lineata Fabricius, 1775. Systema Entomologiae 541-542.
Distribution: Principally the Chaco region.
FIGURE 1c - (FPSPH0045PH) Loma Plata, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith April 2015).
Sphinx Euphorbiarum Guerin-Meneville & Percheron, 1835. Genera des Insectes 2 (8): pl. 3, fig. 1.
Forewing: Male 27-35mm, Female 30-39mm
Distribution: Principally the Chaco region, marginal occurrence in Cordillera and Ñeembucú.
FIGURE 1a - (FPSPH0043PH) PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 1b - (FPSPH0044PH) Same individual hind wing (Paul Smith September 2010).
Gallery 1 Hyles lineata (Fabricius 1775)
Sphinx lineata Fabricius, 1775. Systema Entomologiae 541-542.
Distribution: Principally the Chaco region.
FIGURE 1c - (FPSPH0045PH) Loma Plata, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith April 2015).