Hemaris aethra (Strecker, 1875)

Family: Sphingidae

Subfamily: Macroglossinae

Identification:

Wing Span:

Life History:

Flight:

Caterpillar Hosts: Diervilla lonicera

Adult Food:

Habitat: H. aethra favors more mesic, open deciduous forest habitats, especially with natural openings on igneous bedrock"

Range: Records from Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Michigan and New York

Conservation:

NCGR:

Management Needs:

Taxonomy Notes: Hemaris aethra (Strecker, 1875) is raised to full species status from synonymy of 7855 Hemaris diffinis, in Schmidt (2018).

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