HOLOTYPE ♂ China (N): Tjan-Tszin [Tianjin], Chzhili, vi.1913 (Vasiliev) [ZISP].
Taxonomic Notes:
Proposed as a subspecies of Hyles costata. Synonymized with the nominotypical subspecies by Danner, Eitschberger & Surholt, 1998, Herbipoliana 4 (1): 274. Reinstated as a species by Zolotuhin & Saldaitis, 2011, Neue ent. Nachr. 67: 74.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
