Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades, the Gorgon hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphingonaepiopsis |
| Species: | S. gorgoniades
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| Sphingonaepiopsis gorgoniades (Hübner, 1819)
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The wingspan is 25–32 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in late May and early June and again in late July/August. In the southern Urals, adults have been recorded from late May to mid-July, with a partial second generation from late July to early August.
The larvae feed on Galium species, mainly Galium verum and other Rubiaceae species.
External links
edit- Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Sphingonaepiopsis Wallengren, 1858". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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