Callambulyx tatarinovii

Callambulyx tatarinovii, or unmonsuzume (ウンモンスズメ) in Japanese, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William (Wasilii) Grey in 1853.

Callambulyx tatarinovii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Callambulyx
Species:
C. tatarinovii
Binomial name
Callambulyx tatarinovii
(Bremer & Grey, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus tatarinovii Bremer & Grey, 1853
  • Smerinthus eversmanni Eversmann, 1854
  • Callambulyx tatarinovii coreana Gehlen, 1941
  • Callambulyx tatarinovii versicolor Gehlen, 1941
  • Smerinthus tatarinovii brunnea Staudinger, 1892
  • Callambulyx tatarinovii formosana Okano, 1958
  • Callambulyx tatarinovii japonica Eichler, 1965
  • Smerinthus tatarinovii flavina (Austaut, 1912)

Distribution

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It is found from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia, southern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and central China to eastern Tibet. It is also found in Taiwan.

Description

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The wingspan is 56–82 millimetres (2.2–3.2 in). It is very similar to Smerinthus kindermannii.

Biology

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There are one to two generations per year in China. In Korea, adults are on wing from early May to mid-October.

Subspecies

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  • Callambulyx tatarinovii tatarinovii (from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia, southern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and central China to eastern Tibet)[2]
  • Callambulyx tatarinovii formosana - Clark, 1935 (Taiwan)[3]
  • Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae - Bryk, 1946 (Japan)[4]

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. "Callambulyx tatarinovii tatarinovii". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. "Callambulyx tatarinovii formosana". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  4. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. "Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved 2011-11-01.