Sphingulus

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Sphingulus
Sphingulus mus MHNT CUT 2010 0 317 Ussuri, Gornotajosnoje, Russia, male dorsal.jpg
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Sphingulus mus MHNT CUT 2010 0 317 Ussuri, Gornotajosnoje, Russia, male ventral.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Sphingulini
Genus: Sphingulus
Staudinger, 1877
Species:
S. mus
Binomial name
Sphingulus mus
Staudinger, 1887 [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphingulus mus taishanisMell, 1937

Sphingulus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Sphingulus mus, the murine hawkmoth.

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Distribution

Is found from the south-eastern part of the Russian Far East and the Korean Peninsula south into eastern China. [2]

Description

The wingspan is 57–60 mm.

Biology

In northern China, there is one generation per year with adults on wing in May and June. In north-eastern China and the Russian Far East, there is probably partial second generation with adults on wing in July and August in some years. In Korea, adults have been recorded from June to July.

Larvae have been reared on Fraxinus species.

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Sphingulus mus Staudinger, 1887 -- Murine hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.