Hemaris tityus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth)

Hemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth)
GenusHemaris (bee hawks)
TribeDilophonotini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyMACROGLOSSINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilySPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth)
SuperfamilyBOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Drake, M. & Baldock, N. 2005 The Bog Hoverfly on Dartmoor British Wildlife Vol 17, No 2: 102-106.
Harmer, A.S. 2002 Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth Vol 13, No 5 Page: 339

Hemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth):

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