Smerinthus kindermannii

Smerinthus kindermannii
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Smerinthus
Species:	S. kindermannii
Binomial name
	Smerinthus kindermannii; Lederer, 1857
Synonyms
	Smerinthus kindermanni var. orbata Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 ; Smerinthus kindermannii var. obsoleta Staudinger, 1901 ; Smerinthus kindermannii obscura (Closs, 1917) ; Smerinthus kindermannii meridionalis Gehlen, 1931 ;

Smerinthus kindermannii, the southern eyed hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found throughout the central Palaearctic Region, from Turkey, Cyprus and Lebanon, east through Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and northern Pakistan to Kashmir. From there, north and north-east through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, to north-western China (Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu). It has also been reported from Israel and Kuwait.

The wingspan is 70–80 mm.

The larvae feed on Salix and Populus species.

Subspecies

Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853 -- Southern eyed hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

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