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Hemaris Dalman, 1816

Hemaris Dalman, 1816; K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., 37 (2): 207, TS: Sphinx fuciformis
Hemeria Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 82
Haemorrhagia Grote & Robinson, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 173, TS: Sesia thysbe
Aege Felder, 1874; in Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise öst. Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt. 2): pl. 75, fig. 6
Chamaesesia Grote, 1877; Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci., 3: 220, TS: Haemorrhagia gracilis
Cochrania Tutt, 1902; Nat. Hist. Brit. Lepid. 3: 503
Jilinga Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998
Mandarina Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998
Saundersia Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998
Hemaris, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris (Hemarina) ; [HMW, 18]

Hemaris affinis Bremer, 1861

Japan, Ussuri, Amurland, Korea, N.China. See [About maps] sieboldi (Boisduval, 1869)

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alternata (Butler, 1874)

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whitelyi (Butler, 1874)

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ganssuensis (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)

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confinis (Staudinger, 1892)

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Hemaris affinis, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris affinis ; [HMW]

Hemaris aksana (Le Cerf, 1923)

Morocco. See [About maps] Haemorrhagia tityus aksana Le Cerf, 1923; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1923: 199, TL: Morocco, Azrou
Hemaris aksana, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris aksana ; [HMW]

Hemaris croatica (Esper, 1800(1779?))

SWEU, Asia Minor, Transcaucasus, Iraq, Iran. See [About maps] Kroatianpäiväkiitäjä Kroatischer Hummelschwärmer Le Macroglosse de Croatie
Sphinx croatica Esper, 1800(1779?); Die Schmett. (Suppl.)(Abschnitt 2): 33, pl.45, fig. 2, TL: Karlstadt
Sphinx sesia Hübner, [1806]; ?Samml. eur. Schmett., Sphingidae: 94
obscurata (Closs, 1911)
rangnowi (Closs, 1911)
Hemaris croatica, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Hemaris croatica croatica, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris croaticus ; [EKK]
Hemaris croatica ; [HMW]

Larva on Scabiosa, Cephalaria, Asperula [BSW]

Hemaris dentata (Staudinger, 1887)

Turkey. See [About maps] Macroglossa ducalis var. dentata Staudinger, 1887; Stett. Ent. Ztg. 48: 66, TL: Aintab
Hemaris dentata, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris dentata ; [HMW]

Hemaris diffinis (Boisduval, 1836)

NA. See [About maps] Snowberry Clearwing
Macroglossa diffinis Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: pl. 15, fig. 2, TL: North America
Macroglossa thetis Boisduval, 1855; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 3: 32, TL: California
Sesia axillaris Grote & Robinson, 1868; Trans. Am. ent. Soc., 2: 180, TL: Texas
Hemaris tenuis Grote, 1873; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci., 1: 4, pl. 1, f. 6, TL: West Farms, New York; Berks Co., Pennsylvania
Hemaris marginalis Grote, 1873; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci., 1: 6, pl. 1. f. 10, TL: Michigan
Hemaris palpalis Grote, 1874; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 2: 145, TL: Gilroy, British Columbia
Sesia grotei Butler, 1874; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 14: 365, TL: Texas
Macroglossa fumosa Strecker, 1874; Lep. Rhopal. Het. (10): 93, TL: Albany, New York
Macroglossa aethra Strecker, 1875; Lep. Rhopal. Het. (12): 107, TL: Montreal
Hemaris cynoglossum H. Edwards, 1875; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 6: 88, TL: Napa Co., Big Trees, Calaveras Co., California; Vancouver Island, Britis Columbia
Hemaris rubens H. Edwards, 1875; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 6: 88, TL: Oregon; Lake Tahoe, California
Hemaris metathetis Butler, 1876; Trans. Zool. Soc. London 9: 519, TL: Texas
Haemorrhagia diffinis ariadne Barnes & McDunnough, 1910; Psyche, 17: 202, TL: Denver, Colorado
Hemaris diffinis mcdunnoughi Clark, 1927; Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 9: 104, TL: Senator Mts., Arizona
Hemaris diffinis jordani Barnes & Benjamin, 1927; Bull. S. California Acad. Sci., 26: 51, TL: Southern Utah

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heppneri Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1996

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Hemaris diffinis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hemaris diffinis, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Hemaris diffinis ; [HMW]

Larva on Apocynum, Diervilla lonicera, Symphoricarpos, Lonicera [MNA21]

Hemaris ducalis (Staudinger 1887)

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Tian Shan, Pamirs, Afghanistan. See [About maps] Macroglossa ducalis Staudinger 1887; : 66, TL: Namangan, Transalai
Macroglossa temiri Grum-Grschimailo, 1887; : 401
efenestralis Derzhavets, 1984
dantchenkoi Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996

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Hemaris ducalis, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris ducalis ducalis, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris ducalis ; [HMW]

H. d. lukhtanovi Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998

Hemaris ducalis lukhtanovi ; [HMW]

Hemaris fuciformis (Linnaeus, 1758)

S.Palearctic, Japan. See [About maps] Kuusamakiitäjä Kuusamanpäiväkiitäjä Humlelik dagsvärmare Kimalas-lottsuru Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hummelschwärmer Sphinx Gazé Cristalina Borde Estrecho dongószender
Sphinx fuciformis Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 493, TL: Europe
Sphinx variegata Allioni, 1766; Mel. Soc. Turin: 193
bombyliformis (sensu Ochsenheimer, 1808)
Macroglossa milesiformis Treitschke, 1834; Schmett. Eur. 10 (1): 125
Macroglossa lonicerae Zeller, 1869; Stettin. ent. Ztg. 30: 387
Macroglossa caprifolii Zeller, 1869; Stettin. ent. Ztg. 30: 387
Macroglossa robusta Alphéraky, 1882; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 17: 17
Hemaris simillima Moore, 1888; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 391
heynei (Bartel, 1898)
circularis (Stephan, 1924)
Haemorrhagia fuciformis jordani Clark, 1927; Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 9: 105, TL: Ras-el-Ma, Morocco

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musculus Wagner, 1919
rebeli Anger, 1919
minor Lambillion, 1920
obseleta Lambillion, 1920
jakutana Derzhavets, 1984
Hemaris fuciformis, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Hemaris fuciformis, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Hemaris fuciformis, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Hemaris fuciformis, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Hemaris fuciformis, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris fuciformis, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris fuciformis, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Hemaris fuciformis ; [HMW]

450x510 (~32Kb) Finland, Kangasala, Roikku, 6814:350, 23.6.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen	599x400 (~52Kb) Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	599x400 (~41Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
599x400 (~94Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	410x253 (~22Kb)

Larva on Lonicera, L. xylosteum, L. tatarica, L. caerulea, L. caprifolium, Symphoricarpos rivularis, Knautia arvensis [SPRK]

Hemaris gracilis (Grote & Robinson, 1865)

Nova Scotia - Florida, New England, Michigan, New York. See [About maps] Haemorrhagia gracilis Grote & Robinson, 1865; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 174, pl. 3, figs. 1-2, TL: Atlantic District
Hemaris gracilis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hemaris gracilis ; [HMW]

Larva on Kalmia angustiofolia? [MNA21]

Hemaris rubra Hampson, [1893]

Kashmir. See [About maps] Hemaris rubra Hampson, [1893]; Fauna Br. India (Moths) 1: 120, TL: Sind and Gurais Valleys,Kashmir
Hemaris rubra, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris rubra ; [HMW]

Hemaris saundersi (Walker, 1856)

Kashmir, N.Pakistan, N.India. See [About maps] Sesia saundersi Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 83, TL: Northern India
curtisii (Boisduval, [1875])
Hemaris saundersii, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris saundersii ; [HMW]

Hemaris senta (Strecker, 1878)

Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, British Columbia. See [About maps] Macroglossa senta Strecker, 1878; in Ruffner, Ann. Rep. Chief of Engineers, App. SS for 1878: 1858, pl. 2, f. 1, TL: Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico
Hemaris brucei French, 1890; Canadian Entomologist, 22: 133, TL: Colorado
minima Frankenbusch, 1925
Hemaris senta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hemaris senta ; [HMW]

Hemaris thysbe (Fabricius, 1775)

NA. See [About maps] Humming-bird Moth Common Clear-wing
Sesia thysbe Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 548, TL: America
Sphinx pelasgus Cramer, [1780]; Uitl. Kapellen 3 (23-24): 176 (index), (17-21): pl. 248 (1779), fig. B, TL: New Your, Jamaica
Sesia cimbiciformis Stephens, 1828; Illustrations of British entomology. Haustellata, 1: 135, TL: North America
Sesia ruficaudis Kirby, 1837; Fauna Boreali-Americana, 4: 303, TL: Canada, New Jersey
Sesia fuscicaudis Walker, 1856; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 83, TL: Georgia
Haemorrhagia buffaloensis Grote & Robinson, 1867; Ann. N.Y. Lyceum Nat. Hist., 8: 6, pl. 16, f. 18-19, TL: Buffalo, New York
Haemorrhagia floridensis Grote & Robinson, 1867; Ann. N.Y. Lyceum Nat. Hist., 8: 8, pl. 16, f. 20, TL: Florida
Sesia uniformis Grote & Robinson, 1868; Trans. Am. ent. Soc., 2: 181
Macroglossa etolus Boisduval, [1875]; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spéc. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: 370, TL: United States
Macroglossa pyramus Boisduval, [1875]; in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spéc. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: 372, TL: Northern Unites States
Hemaris thysbe, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Hemaris thysbe, Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images [Lynn Scott]
Hemaris thysbe ; [HMW]

Larva on Viburnum opulus, Crataegus, Prunus, Lonicera, Symphoricarpos [MNA21]

Hemaris tityus (Linnaeus, 1758)

NAF, EU, Russia, Asia Minor, C.Asia. See [About maps] Ruusuruohokiitäjä Ruusuruohonpäiväkiitäjä Svävfluglik dagsvärmare Harilik lottsuru Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Skabiosenschwärmer Sphinx Gazé pöszörszender
Sphinx tityus Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 493
fuciformis (Poda, 1761)
Sphinx bombyliformis Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 493
bombyliformis (sensu Esper, 1780)
Sphinx musca Retzius, 1783; Gen. Spec. Ins.: 33
Macroglossa scabiosae Zeller, 1869; Stettin. ent. Ztg. 30: 387
Macroglossa knautiae Zeller, 1869; Stettin. ent. Ztg. 30: 387
Haemorrhagia tityus alaiana Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 451

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reducta (Closs, 1917)
ferrugineus (Stepha, 1924)
flavescens Cockayne, 1953
karaugomica (Wojtusiak & Niesiozowksi, 1946)
saldaitisi Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998

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Hemaris tityus, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Hemaris tityus, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Hemaris tityus, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Hemaris tityus, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Hemaris tityus, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Hemaris tityus, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris tityus, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Hemaris tityus, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Hemaris (Mandarina) alaiana ; Eitschberger, 1999, Atalanta 30 (1/4): 159; Eitschberger & Churkin, 2002, Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 65-67
Hemaris tityus ; [HMW]

453x259 (~26Kb)

Larva on Galium verum, Lonicera xylosteum, Symphoricarpos rivularis, Succisa pratensis, Knautia arvensis [SPRK]

18.7.2008 (19)

References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BSW]

de Freina, J. J., Witt, T. J, 1987; Die Bombyces und Sphinges der Westpalearktis; ISBN 3-926285-00-1

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon

[EKK]

Sotavalta (Finnish Ed.), Rougeot & Viette; Euroopan ja Pohjois-Afrikan kiitäjät ja kehrääjät (Guide des Papillons Nocturnes)

[HMW]

Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[Lynn Scott]

Moths of the Ottawa Area; Lynn Scott's Lepidoptera Images

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MNA21]

Ronald W. Hodges, 1971; The Moths of America North of Mexico; Fascicle 21; SPHINGOIDEA

[Michael Borsch]

Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

[Tero Piirainen]

Tampere, Finland; e-mail: Tero Piirainen

[Tony Pittaway]

WWW pages; Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)

Some related literature:

Alphéraky, 1882

Lépidoptères du district de Kouldjà et des montagnes environnantes. Ilème partie Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 17: 15-103, pl. 1-3

Barnes & McDunnough, 1910

List of Sphingidae of America North of Mexico Psyche, 17: 190-206

Boisduval, 1836

Histoire Naturelle des insectes: Spécies général des lépidoptères Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 690pp, 24pls

Boisduval, [1875]

Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères Hétérocères, 1 in Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Insectes (Spéc. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères) 1: -

Butler, 1876

Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae Trans. Zool. Soc. London 9: 511-644

Clark, 1927

Descriptions of twelve new Sphingidae and remarks upon two other species Proc. New England Zool. Cl. 9: 99-109

Cramer, [1780]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 3 (17-21): 1-104, pl. 193-252 (1779), (22): 105-128, pl. 253-264 ([1780]), (23-24): 129-176, pl. 265-288 (1780)

Dalman, 1816

Försök till systematiks Uppställing af Sveriges Fjärilar K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl., 37 (2): 119-225

Eitschberger, 1999

Die Genitalmorpholodie des f. von Hemaris (Mandarina) alaiana (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) Atalanta 30 (1/4): 169-161

Eitschberger & Churkin, 2002

Hemaris (Mandarina) alaiana (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) stat. rev. 4. Ergänzung zu "Die Schärmer der westlichen Palaearktis" Neue Ent. Nachr. 23: 65-67

Fabricius, 1775

Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp

French, 1890

Some new Moths Canadian Entomologist, 22: 133-135

Grote, 1873

Description of new North American moths Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci., 1: 1-16, 1pl

Grote, 1874

Notes on American Lepidoptera with descriptions of twenty-one new species Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 2: 145-163

Grote & Robinson, 1865

A synonymical catalogue of North American Sphingidae, with notes and descriptions Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 5: 149-194, 3pls

Grote & Robinson, 1868

Descriptions of American Lepidoptera. - no. 4 Trans. Am. ent. Soc., 2: 179-206, 2pls

Hampson, [1893]

Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma Fauna Br. India (Moths) 1: I-XXIII, 1-527

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -

Moore, 1888

Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Lepidoptera Heterocera collected by Rev. J. H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra District, N.W. Himalaya Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1888: 390-412

Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.): 1-972, 67pls

Staudinger, 1887

Centralasiatische Lepidopteren Stett. Ent. Ztg. 48: 49-102, (556?)

Strecker, 1874; Strecker, 1875

Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic, with descriptions and colored illustrations Lep. Rhopal. Het. (1): 1-7, pl. 1 (1872), (2): 9-15, pl. 2 (1873), (3): 17-24, pl. 3 (1873), (4): 25-32, pl. 4 (1873), (5): 33-43, pl. 5 (1873), (6): 45-50, pl. 6 (1873), (7): 51-60, pl. 7 (1873), (8): 61-70, pl. 8 (1874), (9): 71-80, pl. 9 (1874), (10): 81-94, pl. 10 (1874), (11): 95-100, pl. 11 (1874), (12): 101-108, pl. 12 (1875), (13): 109-123, pl. 13 (1876), (14): 125-134, pl. 14 (1878), (15): 135-143, pl. 15 (1878)

Strecker, 1878

Annual report of Lieutenant E. H. Ruffner, Corps of Engineers, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878. Explorations and surveys in the Department of the Missouri. Report of the Secretary of War for the Year 1878 2: 14847-1872 in Ruffner, Ann. Rep. Chief of Engineers, App. SS for 1878: 1847-1872

Walker, 1856

List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 8: 1-271 (1856)

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