| Sphingidae Macroglossinae Macroglossini Choerocampina |
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| Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
 Spurge Hawk-moth
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Genus: Hyles Hübner, [1819] Original genus: Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758
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Synonims (genus): Celerio Agassiz, 1846 Danneria Eitschberger & Zolotuhin, 1998 Eremohyles Eitschberger & Zolotuhin, 1998 Hawaiina Tutt, 1903 Hippohyles Eitschberger & Zolotuhin, 1998 Rommeliana Eitschberger & Zolotuhin, 1998 Surholtia Eitschberger & Zolotuhin, 1998 Thaumas Eitschberger & Zolotuhin, 1998 Turneria Tutt, 1903 Weissmannia Tutt, 1904 |
Synonims (species): dolomiticola Stauder, 1930 esulae Hufnagel, 1766 (unnecessary replacement for euphorbiae Linnaeus, 1758) esulae Boisduval, 1834 (junior homonym of esulae Hufnagel, 1766) etrusca Verity, 1911 filapjewi Bang-Haas O., 1931 grentzenbergi Staudinger, 1855 lucida Derzhavets, 1980 paralias Nickerl, 1837 rothschildi Stauder, 1930 sinensis Closs, 1917 strasillai Stauder, 1921 subiacensis Dannehl, 1933 vandalusica Ribbe, 1910 |
<br><br>Adult, Focene (Rome), Italy, June 13, 2009<br>(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)?images/Sphingidae/HyEuA001HR.jpg "H. euphorbiae (© Paolo Mazzei)") |
Adult, Focene (Rome), Italy, June 13, 2009 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, Fregene (Rome), Italy, September 1992 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, Focene (Rome), Italy, September 1994 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, Gran Sasso (L'Aquila), Italy, August 2003 (Photo by Diego Reggianti) |
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Adult, Dodoni (Ioannina), Greece, July 1996 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, Tunisia, June 1998 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, Tunisia, June 1998 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Adult, Spain, August 2004 (Photo by Anne Henderson) |
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Adult, Spain, August 2004 (Photo by Anne Henderson) |
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Larva, Barcelona, Spain (Photo by Roger Eritja, Fotografia de Roger Eritja) |
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Larva, Fregene (Rome), Italy, September 1992. This is probably a hybrid population between H. euphorbiae and H. tithymali (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva, Fregene (Rome), Italy, August 1999. This is probably a hybrid population between H. euphorbiae and H. tithymali (Photo by Diego Reggianti) |
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Larva, Gran Sasso (L'Aquila), Italy, September 2000. This is probably a hybrid population between H. euphorbiae and H. tithymali (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva, Dodoni (Ioannina), Greece, June 1996 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva, Zagori, Greece, June 1997 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva, Dodoni (Ioannina), Greece, June 1996 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva, Tunisia, June 1998 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva, Concordia (Modena), Italy (Photo by Eugenio Melotti) |
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Larva, Zagori, Greece, June 1997. This dark form was obtained by exposing larvae to low temperatures (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larvae, Dodoni (Ioannina), Greece, August 1995 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Larva, Greece (Photo by Helmut Presser) |
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Eggs, Zagori, Greece, June 1997 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
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Pupa, Fregene (Rome), Italy, September 1992 (Photo by Paolo Mazzei) |
Ovindoli (L'Aquila), Italy Video by Raniero Panfili |
Foodplants:
Euphorbia; reported also on Mercurialis annua, Polygonum aviculare, Vitis, Fuchsia
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