Sphingulus

Sphingulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Tribe:Sphingulini
Genus:Sphingulus
Staudinger, 1877
Species: S. mus
Binomial name
Sphingulus mus
Synonyms
  • Sphingulus mus taishanis Mell, 1937

Sphingulus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Sphingulus mus, which is found from the south-eastern part of the Russian Far East and the Korean Peninsula south into eastern China.[2]

The wingspan is 57–60 mm. 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.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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