Hyles perkinsi, or Perkin's sphinx, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1920. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Molokai.
hyles, perkinsi, perkin, sphinx, species, moth, family, sphingidae, described, otto, herman, swezey, 1920, endemic, hawaiian, islands, oahu, molokai, perkin, sphinxdorsal, viewventral, viewscientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, art. Hyles perkinsi or Perkin s sphinx is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae It was described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1920 It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Molokai Perkin s sphinxDorsal viewVentral viewScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily SphingidaeGenus HylesSpecies H perkinsiBinomial nameHyles perkinsi Swezey 1920 1 SynonymsCelerio perkinsi Swezey 1920 Hawaiina perkinsi Hyles wilsoni perkinsiThe forewing is greenish gray irrorated sprinkled with white The hindwing is pink with broad black borders and the abdomen is banded with white Larvae have been recorded on Euphorbia Kadua Straussia kaduana and other Straussia species Taxonomy editIan J Kitching and Jean Marie Cadiou have elevated it to full species status It was formerly a subspecies of Hyles wilsoni References edit Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory Hyles perkinsi sphingidae myspecies info Retrieved 2023 06 24 External links editZimmerman Elwood C 1958 Insects of Hawaii Vol 7 Macrolepidoptera University of Hawaii Press Honolulu hdl 10125 7336 Species info nbsp This Macroglossini related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hyles perkinsi amp oldid 1161669220, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
