Ampelophaga rubiginosa

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Ampelophaga rubiginosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ampelophaga
Species:
A. rubiginosa
Binomial name
Ampelophaga rubiginosa
Bremer & Grey, 1853 [1]
Synonyms
  • Ampelophaga romanovi(Staudinger, 1887)
  • Deilephila romanoviStaudinger, 1887
  • Ampelophaga fasciosaMoore, 1888
  • Ampelophaga iyenobuHolland, 1889
  • Ampelophaga khasiana malayanaRothschild & Jordan, 1915
  • Ampelophaga alticolaMell, 1922
  • Ampelophaga hydrangeaeMell, 1922
  • Ampelophaga marginalisMatsumura, 1927
  • Ampelophaga submarginalisMatsumura, 1927

Ampelophaga rubiginosa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. [2] It was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William (Vasilii) Grey in 1853. It is found from north-eastern Afghanistan, east around the southern margin of the Himalaya to Yunnan, then throughout China to the Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. It is also found south through Thailand and Vietnam to Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.

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Description

The wingspan is 72–100 mm.

Biology

There is one generation per year in north-eastern China, with adults on wing from June to August. Farther south, there may be up to three generations per year. In Shanghai, adults are on wing from February to October. In Korea, they are found from early May to early August.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Vitaceae species (including Cayratia , Parthenocissus and Vitis ), Hydrangea paniculata and Saurauia .

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Ampelophaga Bremer & Grey, 1853". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Ampelophaga rubiginosa rubiginosa Bremer & Grey, 1853 -- Common vine hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Ampelophaga rubiginosa lohita Kishida & Yano, 2001 -- Common vine hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis Kitching & Cadiou, 2000 -- Common vine hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.


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