| Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis | |
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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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The Kuldja Hawkmoth (Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. 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.