Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis
| Kuldja hawkmoth | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphingonaepiopsis |
| Species: | S. kuldjaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis (Graeser, 1892) | |
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Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis (Kuldja hawkmoth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in eastern Kazakhstan, western Xinjiang Province in China, eastern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and eastern Afghanistan.
The wingspan is 30–34 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from late April to early July, and again as a partial second generation from early July to late August.
The larvae feed on flower buds and young leaves of Galium species.
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