Sphinx morio

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Larch hawk moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sphinx
Species:
S. morio
Binomial name
Sphinx morio
Synonyms
  • Hyloicus morio Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Sphinx laricis Rozkhov, 1972
  • Hyloicus morio inouei Owada & Kogi, 1992
  • Hyloicus morio arestus Jordan, 1931
  • Hyloicus morio heilongjiangensis Zhao & Zhang, 1992
  • Sphinx caligineus hakodoensis O. Bang-Haas, 1936

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

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Sphinx morio (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Sphinx morio arestus (Jordan, 1931) -- Asian Pine hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  5. ^ 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.