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are small, cylindrical, and covered in granules that often have small bristles. Most larvae are green, brown, and gray, but there are many color forms. All have a distinctive pale dorsolateral longitudinal stripe from head to horn.
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The eggs are small, spherical, and pale glossy green in color. Host plants include shrub and vining honeysuckles and teasels.
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272:. Their main host plants are herbs and shrubs of the
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682:β Rocky Mountain clearwing or California clearwing
341:or hook alongside each eye. The cremaster of the
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578:Eitschberger, MΓΌller & Kravchenko, 2005
556:Eitschberger, MΓΌller & Kravchenko, 2005
1003:7855.2 β Hemaris aethra β (Strecker, 1875)
387:is divided into two subequal lobes and is
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1005:, North America, Moth Photographers Group
569:β slender clearwing or graceful clearwing
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246:Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998
238:Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998
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942:Kitching, I. J. and J. Cadiou (2000).
360:in shape. They are often mistaken for
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1167:9088f626-806c-4ccd-9a1f-960bed16b85c
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1325:Taxa named by Johan Wilhelm Dalman
383:of the male are asymmetrical; the
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404:A Hemaris feeding on flowers in
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716:β narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth
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547:β broad-bordered bee hawk-moth
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300:hummingbird hawk-moths, genus
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567:(Grote & Robinson, 1865)
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440:β honeysuckle bee hawkmoth
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284:are known collectively as
214:Grote & Robinson, 1865
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292:in the US and Canada and
280:families. Moths in genus
268:, which is native to the
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55:Scientific classification
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647:β Saunders' bee hawkmoth
502:β Anatolian bee hawkmoth
352:, or adults, are small,
345:is large and flattened.
296:in Britain. The related
697:β hummingbird clearwing
372:ends in a large fan of
206:Kemal & Koçak, 2005
622:β Kashmir bee hawkmoth
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668:β Syrian bee hawkmoth
558:β Levant bee hawkmoth
517:β snowberry clearwing
429:β Diervilla clearwing
403:
1162:Fauna Europaea (new)
528:β Pamir bee hawkmoth
491:β olive bee hawkmoth
451:β Atlas bee hawkmoth
356:moths that resemble
652:Hemaris staudingeri
475:Hemaris beresowskii
470:β Alai bee hawkmoth
793:Hemaris saundersii
761:Hemaris fuciformis
637:Hemaris saundersii
627:Hemaris saldaitisi
533:Hemaris fuciformis
526:(Staudinger, 1887)
500:(Staudinger, 1887)
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1330:Sphingidae genera
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1266:Open Tree of Life
1017:Taxon identifiers
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264:in the subfamily
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602:Hemaris radians
584:Hemaris ottonis
552:Hemaris galunae
522:Hemaris ducalis
496:Hemaris dentata
479:Alpheraky, 1897
456:Hemaris alaiana
449:(Le Cerf, 1923)
434:Hemaris affinis
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286:clearwing moths
182:R. Felder, 1874
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266:Macroglossinae
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1188:iNaturalist
1049:Wikispecies
992:Dalman 1816
906:caterpillar
865:H. diffinis
656:Leech, 1890
389:sclerotized
318:Description
278:honeysuckle
190:Grote, 1873
187:Chamaesesia
112:Lepidoptera
42:H. diffinis
1314:Categories
931:References
590:Rothschild
462:Rothschild
358:bumblebees
227:Saundersia
198:Tutt, 1902
128:Subtribe:
122:Sphingidae
92:Arthropoda
1099:ButMoth:
922:H. tityus
884:H. thysbe
693:Fabricius
678:Boisduval
620:Hampson,
513:Boisduval
406:Minnesota
381:genitalia
343:chrysalis
298:Old World
270:Holarctic
235:Mandarina
195:Cochrania
163:See text
78:Kingdom:
72:Eukaryota
1227:LepIndex
1087:BugGuide
1063:BioLib:
1034:Wikidata
708:Linnaeus
539:Linnaeus
339:tubercle
312:eclosion
170:Synonyms
157:Species
132:Hemarina
118:Family:
88:Phylum:
82:Animalia
68:Domain:
1320:Hemaris
1292:ZooBank
1271:3093382
1206:1314295
1180:1861796
1102:13157.0
1055:Hemaris
1040:Q134919
1025:Hemaris
990:Hemaris
887:feeding
868:feeding
849:Gallery
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413:Species
370:abdomen
366:hyaline
354:diurnal
350:imagoes
308:Hemaris
282:Hemaris
257:Hemaris
243:Jilinga
219:Hemaria
143:Hemaris
138:Genus:
108:Order:
102:Insecta
98:Class:
49:, U.S.
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1219:188632
1154:443631
1141:1HEMAG
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727:Felder
680:, 1855
643:Walker
608:Walker
594:Jordan
592:&
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327:larvae
274:teasel
151:, 1816
149:Dalman
1279:Plazi
1258:82622
1232:54939
1201:IRMNG
1193:51669
1128:50710
1115:92BB4
1066:51183
385:uncus
374:setae
1253:NCBI
1214:ITIS
1175:GBIF
1136:EPPO
1092:2637
1079:6481
1074:BOLD
969:ISBN
948:ISBN
712:1758
543:1758
379:The
348:The
335:pupa
333:The
325:The
276:and
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