Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis

Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis, the Kuldja hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Ludwig Carl Friedrich Graeser in 1892. It is found in eastern Kazakhstan, western Xinjiang province in China, eastern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and eastern Afghanistan.

Kuldja hawkmoth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sphingonaepiopsis
Species:
S. kuldjaensis
Binomial name
Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis
(Graeser, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Pterogon kuldjaensis Graeser, 1892

The wingspan is 30–34 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from late April to early July, and again as a partial second generation from early July to late August.

The larvae feed on flower buds and young leaves of Galium species.

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  • Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis (Graeser, 1892)". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 10, 2018.