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Hyles vespertilio

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ1301475 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hyles vespertilio is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found in central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula, as well as from Anatolia to the Caucasus.

Description

The wingspan is 60–80 mm.

Biology

Adults are on wing from May to June and from August to September in a partial second generation in most of the range. On high altitudes in central Europe and Bulgaria, there is only one generation from June to July.

The larvae feed on Epilobium species (including Epilobium dodonaei), Oenothera and Galium.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hyles vespertilio” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.