Hyles calida: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Hyles
- Species
- Hyles calida
- Scientific Name
- Hyles calida
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hyles calida
Hyles calida, the Hawaiian sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is endemic to Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii.
The larvae feed on Acacia koa, Bobea elatior, Coprosma, Gardenia, Metrosideros, Pelea, Scaevola chamissoniana, Scaevola gaudichaudiana and Straussia. Adults feed on flowers of Lantana, Metrosideros and others.
...Hyles calida in languages:
- English
- Hawaiian Sphinx Moth
- English
- Hawaiian Sphinx
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Hyles annei
- Hyles apocyni
- Hyles biguttata
- Hyles calida
- Hyles centralasiae
- Hyles chamyla
- Hyles churkini
- Hyles conspicua
- Hyles costata
- Hyles cretica
- Hyles dahlii
- Hyles euphorbiae
- Hyles euphorbiarum
- Hyles exilis
- Hyles gallii
- Hyles hippophaes
- Hyles lineata
- Hyles livornica
- Hyles livornicoides
- Hyles nervosa
- Hyles nicaea
- Hyles perkinsi
- Hyles robertsi
- Hyles salangensis
- Hyles sammuti
- Hyles siehei
- Hyles stroehlei
- Hyles svetlana
- Hyles tatsienluica
- Hyles tithymali
- Hyles vespertilio
- Hyles wilsoni
- Hyles zygophylli












