Hemaris alaiana, the Alai bee hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.[1][failed verification] It is known from the Alayskiy Khrebet, Tian Shan, Dzungarian Alatau, Saur and Altai mountains, from Tajikistan and eastern Kazakhstan to western Mongolia.[2] The habitat consists of montane meadows and woodland glades rich in flowers, generally from 1,400 to 2,200 meters altitude.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hemaris |
| Species: | H. alaiana
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| Hemaris alaiana (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
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The wingspan is 35–45 mm. It is a diurnal species. Adults are on wing from early June to mid-July.
The larvae probably feed on Lonicera, Rubia and Galium species.
References
edit- ^ "Hemaris aksana (Le Cerf, 1923) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". CATE Sphingidae. Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Hemaris alaiana (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
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