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''Hyles siehei'' is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from southern and eastern Turkey, Armenia, northern Syria, northern Iraq and northern Iran. Then probably south along the Zagros Mountains of Iran to the Kerman Province. It is also known from lowland southern Kazakhstan, from the shores of the Caspian Sea across to the Chinese border, southern Uzbekistan and northern Turkmenistan. The wingspan is 65–70 mm for ssp. ''siehei'' and 55–65 mm for ssp. ''svetlana''. Adults of ssp. ''siehei'' are on wing from late May to June in one generation. Adults of ssp. ''svetlana'' are on wing from late April to late May (with a peak in mid May), also in one generation. The larvae of ssp. ''siehei'' mainly feed on the seed- and flower-heads of ''Eremurus'' species, such as ''Eremurus himalaicus'', ''Eremurus olgae'', ''Eremurus robustus'', ''Eremurus krudica'' and ''Eremurus stenophyllus'', but have also been recorded on the seedheads of ''Asphodelus'' and ''Asphodeline'' species. Larvae of ssp. ''svetlana'' have also been recorded feeding on the flower- and seedheads ''Eremurus'' species, especially ''Eremurus sogriganus'', ''Eremurus inderiensis'' and ''Eremurus ambigens''. ==Subspecies== *''Hyles siehei siehei'' (eastern Toros and Bolkar Mountains of southern Turkey, eastern Turkey, Armenia, northern Syria, northern Iraq and northern Iran. Then probably south along the Zagros Mountains of Iran to Kerman Province) *''Hyles siehei svetlana'' Shovkoon, 2010 (lowland southern Kazakhstan, from the shores of the Caspian Sea across to the Chinese border, southern Uzbekistan and northern Turkmenistan) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hyles siehei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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