Phyllosphingia
| Phyllosphingia | |
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| File:Phyllosphingia dissimilis dissimilis MHNT CUT 2010 0 199 North Korea male dorsal.jpg | |
| Male P. d. dissimilis, dorsal view | |
| File:Phyllosphingia dissimilis dissimilis MHNT CUT 2010 0 199 North Korea male ventral.jpg | |
| Male P. d. dissimilis, ventral view | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Mimatini |
| Genus: | Phyllosphingia C. Swinhoe, 1897 |
| Species: | P. dissimilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phyllosphingia dissimilis | |
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Phyllosphingia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1897. Its only species, Phyllosphingia dissimilis, the buff-leaf hawkmoth, was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer in 1861.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]It is known from the south-eastern Russian Far East, eastern and central China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. There is also a record from Luzon in the Philippines. Subspecies P. d. perundulans is found from Nepal, east through north-eastern India, Myanmar and northern Thailand to southwestern China. The habitat consists of open parklands and forest edges.
Description
[edit | edit source]The wingspan is 93–130 mm.
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Female, dorsal view
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Female, ventral view
Biology
[edit | edit source]There is one generation per year in northern China, with adults on wing from May to July. Farther south, there are two generations. Adults have been recorded from mid-May to mid-August in Korea.[citation needed]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Carya cathayensis, Juglans mandschurica and Juglans regia in China, Juglans mandschurica in Primorskiy Kray and Prunus serrulata var. spontanea in Korea.[citation needed]
Subspecies
[edit | edit source]- Phyllosphingia dissimilis dissimilis (south-eastern Russian Far East, eastern and central China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. There is also a record from Luzon)[2]
- Phyllosphingia dissimilis perundulans C. Swinhoe, 1897 (from Nepal, east through north-eastern India, Myanmar and northern Thailand to southwestern China)[3]
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Male P. d. perundulans, dorsal view
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Male P. d. perundulans, ventral view
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