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Dolbina elegans (Ash Hawkmoth)

Synonyms: Dolbina steffensi (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Dolbina elegans (ash hawkmoth) is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Ukraine, Moldavia, through eastern Romania and eastern and southern Bulgaria, northern Greece, western and southern Turkey to northern Syria, western Jordan, Israel, northern Iraq and northern Iran. The wingspan is 40–53 millimetres (1.6–2.1 in). There are two to three generations per year. Adults are on wing from April/May to early September. In Europe they are mainly found in July and in April in southern Bulgaria. The larvae probably feed on Fraxinus species.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0