Dolbina Grisea
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''Dolbina grisea'', the mountain hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is known from northern Pakistan,
Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
, eastern Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the western Gissar Mountains of southern Uzbekistan. The habitat consists of light, temperate montane forest, including juniper woodland. The wingspan is 50–64 mm. Adults are on wing in early April, from early June to August, and (sometimes) from late September to early October. There are two or three generations per year. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''
Fraxinus potamophila ''Fraxinus'' (), commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of subtropical species are evergreen ...
'' in Tajikistan.


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Dolbina Moths described in 1893 Moths of Asia Taxa named by George Hampson {{Sphingulini-stub