Hemaris tityus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth)
Genus	Hemaris (bee hawks)
Tribe	Dilophonotini (a tribe of moths)
Subfamily	MACROGLOSSINAE (a subfamily of moths)
Family	SPHINGIDAE (hawk or sphinx moths, hawk-moth)
Superfamily	BOMBYCOIDEA (silk moths, emperor etc.)
Clade	Macrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
Clade	Obtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hemaris tityus is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Apoditrysia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Drake, M. & Baldock, N.	2005	The Bog Hoverfly on Dartmoor	British Wildlife Vol 17, No 2: 102-106.
	Harmer, A.S.	2002	Narrow-bordered Bee Hawkmoth	Vol 13, No 5 Page: 339

Hemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BOMBYCOIDEA
(silk moths, emperor etc.)

Macrolepidoptera
(macro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hemaris tityus (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hemaris tityus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)