Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Khalaim, Ye. V., 2022, Catalogue Of The Heteroceran Moths (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Metaheterocera) Of Odesa Region Of Ukraine. Part 1. Saturniidae, Sphingidae, Brahmaeidae, Lasiocampidae, Thyrididae & Drepanidae, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka 13 (2), pp. 1-28 : 9-10

Hyles euphorbiae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Shugurov, 1905; Romaniszyn, 1920; Ermolenko, 1999; Duz’, 2007; Tishchenkov, 2010; Kolechka, 2022; Kalashnik, 2022 b; Zaderey, 2022 a; Tregubova, 2022; Anonymous, 2022 i, j; Yakovliev, 2022 c.

Material. Podilsk, ??.09.2002, 1 spec., 27.08.2004, 1 spec., 24– 31.07.2008, 2 spec., 29.08.2011, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Frasino, 22.07.2009, numerous (Khalaim), 08– 09.07.2016, 1 spec. (Leshchenko, Kravchenko); Lyubomyrka, 27.07.2009, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Novoivanivka, 25– 26.07.2015, 1 spec. (Kiselyov, Kravchenko, Leshchenko); Dolyns’ke, 09– 10.07.2016, 1 spec. (Leshchenko, Kravchenko, Khalaim); Krasnovolodymyrivka, 11.08.2003, 1 spec. (Skupyi); Radialka, 03.07.2019, 1 spec., 06– 11.06.2020, 2 spec. (Lapin); Trudomyrivka, 21.08.2021, common (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Severynivka, 08.06.2015, 1 spec. (Bidzilya, Kostjuk, Sergienko), 05.06.2016, common (Sergienko, Bidzilya), 25.07.2016, common (Kostjuk, Sergienko), 11.05.2018, common (Zhakov, Mushinskiy, Novitskiy, Sergienko), 23.08.2018, 1 spec. (Novitskiy, Sergienko, Trotsenko), 04.09.2018, 1 spec. (Novitskiy, Sergienko), 12.05.2019, common (Mushinskiy, Sergienko), 29.08.2019, 1 spec. (Novitskiy), 12.09.2020, 1 spec. (Yepishin, Sergienko, Khalaim), 31.08.2021, common (Sergienko), 15.09.2021, rare (Yepishin, Sergienko); Adamivka, 03.09.2018, 1 spec. (Novitskiy, Sergienko); Rus’ka Slobidka, 10– 11.05.2015, 2 spec. (Gerasimov, Trotsenko, Tsikal), 01.05.2016, common (Zhakov, Mushinskiy, Trotsenko, Sergienko), 04.06.2016, common (Sergienko, Bidzilya), 24.07.2016, common (Kostjuk, Sergienko), 13.05.2019, common (Mushinskiy, Sergienko, Novitskiy), 08.06.2020, common (Yepishin, Mushinskiy, Novitskiy, Sergienko, Khalaim), 11.08.2018, 1 spec. (Gerasimov, Tsikal, Trotsenko), 25.07.2021, numerous (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Korsuntsi, 29.07.2016, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Kairy, 07.06.2020, common (Yepishin, Mushinskiy, Novitskiy, Sergienko); Kubanka, 25.07.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy); Hradenytsi, 01.06.2009, 1 spec., 16.07.2010, 1 spec. (Novitskiy); Velykyi Dal’nyk, 09– 10.05.2016, 1 spec. (Leshchenko); Yas’ky, 16.08.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Mushinskiy); Roxolany, 17.06.2020, rare, 23.06.2020, rare, 29.07.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy), 15.08.2020, common (Bidzilya, Kostjuk, Sergienko), 13.09.2020, 1 spec. (Yepishin, Sergienko), 24.06.2021, rare (Sergienko, Novitskiy), 30.08.2021, common (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Sergienko); Karolino-Buhaz, without date, 3 spec. (Kolomeychuk); Vesela Dolyna 2, 25.08.2011, rare (Kostjuk, Plyushch); Vesela Dolyna, 07.06.2015, 1 spec. (Bidzilya, Kostjuk, Sergienko); 14.08.2021, numerous (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Kavurka); Pasichne, 09.09.2016, 3 spec. (Kostjuk, Sergienko); Burnas, 05.10.2014, 1 larva (Khalaim), 31.07.2021, rare (Khalaim, Kanarsky); Lebedivka forest , 04.10.2014, 1 larva (Khalaim), 30.07.2021, rare (Khalaim, Kanarsky); Lebedivka sandbar, 18.06.2014, 1 spec. (Khalaim); SDyviziya, 12.06.2020, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Khadzhyder, 08.08.2021, numerous (Novitskiy, Sergienko); Tuzly Amazonia, 03– 05.08.2021, rare (Khalaim); Vylkove, 05.05.2013, 1 spec., 11.05.2014, 1 spec. (Khalaim); Zhebriansky ridge, 13.10.2013, 1 larva (Khalaim), 11.07.2020, rare (Khalaim, Novitskiy), 23.05.2021, 2 spec. (Khalaim, Novitskiy, Sergienko), 09.08.2021, common (Sergienko), 14.09.2021, 1 spec. (Yepishin, Novitskiy, Sergienko) .

One of the most common and widespread sphinx moth species in the Region. It can be found everywhere in open and semi-open biotopes, including anthropogenic ones ( Fig. 45). Bivoltine. Moths fly from early May to mid-September.