Sphingonaepiopsis
Sphingonaepiopsis, Sphingoneopsis also is a genus within the family of butterfly moth ( Sphingidae ).
Features
The moths have forewings whose outer edge is either wavy or serrated. The labial palps are covered with rough scales, the first segment has at its end a lateral compartments. The compound eyes are ciliated, equally located on the head a tuft of hair. The antennae of the males are serrated or combed, which are the females either thickened filiform or clavate. The last antennal segment is short. The rails ( tibias ) are spiny, the tarsi of the middle pair of legs have a basal ridge that hold the rear legs basally some thorns. The tibiae of the hind legs bear two equally long spurs. The paronychium has very small side lobes ventrally are not trained. The tarsi are long. The wing veins M3 and Cu1 forewing arise close together, Cu2 rises in the apical third of the Diskoidalzelle. The Costa loader of the hind wings is nearly straight and is curved near the base inside. Cu1 and Cu2 run close together.
The small, spherical eggs are colored green.
The caterpillars have the typical enthusiast body shape, with a slender body, a small Analhorn and pale longitudinal lines along the body. The capsule head is large, the chest is slightly tapered towards the front.
The dolls are small and have a very shiny surface. You see where the genus Hyles similar, but are provided with a dominant black pattern or dyed almost completely black. Their proboscis is fused with the body. The cremaster is flattened laterally, running broadly triangular, ending in a forked tip.
Way of life
The caterpillars feed on herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae ( Rubiaceae ).
System
There are seven species of the southern Palaearctic, the Oriental and Afrotropical known, of which only Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades also occurs in Southeast Europe:
- Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades ( Hübner, 1819)
- Sphingonaepiopsis nana (Walker, 1856)
- Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904
- Sphingonaepiopsis malgassica ( Clark, 1929)
- Sphingonaepiopsis obscurus ( Mabille, 1880)
- Sphingonaepiopsis pumilio ( Boisduval, 1875)