Sphinx morio
Larch hawk moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Sphinx |
Species: | S. morio
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Binomial name | |
Sphinx morio | |
Synonyms | |
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Sphinx morio, the larch hawk moth or Asian pine hawkmoth, is a
Korean Peninsula
, Japan and China.
The wingspan is 60–80 mm.
The larvae feed on Abies species (including Abies fabri). In the Altai, it can be a major pest of Pinus sylvestris, sometimes causing complete defoliation of large areas.
Subspecies
- Sphinx morio morio (Honshu in Japan)[3]
- Sphinx morio arestus (Jordan, 1931) (central Russia and the Altai eastward through Mongolia and northeastern China, to Primorskiy Kray, Sakhalin Island, the Korean Peninsula and Tsushima in Japan)[4]
- Sphinx morio inouei (Owada & Kogi, 1992) (northern Hokkaido in Japan)[5]
References
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Sphinx morio (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Sphinx morio morio (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) -- Asian Pine hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Sphinx morio arestus (Jordan, 1931) -- Asian Pine hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Sphinx morio inouei (Owada & Kogi, 1992) -- Asian Pine hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.