Hyles x apocyni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

Hyles apocyni
Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hyles
Species:
H. x apocyni
Binomial name
Hyles x apocyni
(Shchetkin, 1956)[1]
Synonyms
  • Celerio apocyni Shchetkin, 1956

The larvae feed on Apocynum species. While a close relationship to Hyles chamyla has long been suspected, a combination of DNA sequencing and comparative morphology places this species as a hybrid of Hyles chamyla with Hyles hippophaes bienerti.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Hyles x apocyni". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  2. ^ Patzold, Franziska; Marabuto, Eduardo; Daneck, Hana; O'Neill, Mark; Kitching, Ian; Hundsdoerfer, Anna (2021-05-17). "The Phylogenetics and Biogeography of the Central Asian Hawkmoths, Hyles hippophaes and H. chamyla: Can Mitogenomics and Machine Learning Bring Clarity?". Diversity. 13 (5). MDPI: 213. doi:10.3390/d13050213. hdl:10141/622944. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
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