Hyles euphorbiae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Hyles
- Species
- Hyles euphorbiae
- Scientific Name
- Hyles euphorbiae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hyles euphorbiae
Hyles euphorbiae, the spurge hawk-moth, is a European moth of the family Sphingidae. This hawk moth is used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious weed leafy spurge (Euphorbia virgata), but usually only in conjunction with other agents. The larvae consume the leaves and bracts of the plant. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.
...Hyles euphorbiae in languages:
- Arabic
- عثة الصقر الفربيون
- Arabic
- عثة الصقر الفربيون الورقي
- Catalan
- Borinot de les lletereses
- Catalan
- Borinot de les lleterasses
- Czech
- lišaj pryšcový
- Danish
- Vortemælksværmer
- Dutch
- Wolfsmelkpijlstaart
- English
- Leafy Spurge Hawk Moth
- English
- Leafy Spurge Hawkmoth
- English
- Spurge Hawkmoth
- Estonian
- piimalille-vöötsuru
- Finnish
- tyräkkikiitäjä
- French
- Sphinx de l'euphorbe
- German
- Wolfsmilchschwärmer
- Hungarian
- kutyatejszender
- Italian
- Sfinge dell'euforbia
- Lithuanian
- Karpažolinis sfinksas
- Modern Greek
- Νυχτοπεταλούδα της Ευφορβίας
- Polish
- Zmrocznik Wilczomleczek
- Portuguese
- Esfínge‑da‑eufórbia
- Russian
- Бражник молочайный
- Slovak
- lišaj mliečnikový
- Swedish
- vitsprötad skymningssvärmare
- Ukrainian
- Бражник молочайний
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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































































































































































