DISTRIBUTION OF THE OLIVE BEE HAWK MOTH, HEMARIS CROATICA (ESPER, 1800) (LEPIDOPTERA, SPHINGIDAE) IN CROATIA
Journal: Repository of the University of Primorsk (University of Primorska)
Year: 2011

The Olive Bee Hawk moth, Hemaris croatica (Esper, 1800) is a day-flying moth described from Karlovac, Croatia, more than 200 years ago. From that time, only scattered data about its distribution in Croatia were known, without any systematic overview of its total distribution. To obtain a complete picture on the distribution of this species, literature and collection data from the two largest Croatian museums were examined. Also, recently collected data were added to create the first detailed dis