Hemaris radians is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from southern Siberia, Mongolia, the southern Russian Far East, north-eastern and central-eastern China, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hemaris |
| Species: | H. radians
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The wingspan is 37–40 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-May to late July in Korea.
It looks like a bee, but it is not.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Lonicera and Rubia species in the Russian Far East and Lonicera japonica in Korea.
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hemaris radians (Walker, 1856)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
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