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Dolbina tancrei

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Dolbina tancrei
Dolbina tancrei
Dolbina tancrei ♀ △
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Dolbina
Species:
D. tancrei
Binomial name
Dolbina tancrei
Synonyms
  • Dolbina curvata Matsumura, 1921
  • Dolbina lateralis Matsumura, 1921

Dolbina tancrei is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

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It is known from the Russian Far East, north-eastern China, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.[2]

Description

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The wingspan is 50–82 mm.

Biology

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Adults are on wing from in May and September in two generations in northern China and in two generations with adults on wing from May to June and in August in Russia. In Korea, adults have been recorded from late May to late August.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Fraxinus and Syringa species in Primorskiy, Ligustrum japonicum, Ligustrum obtusifolium and Fraxinus rhynchophylla in Korea and Ligustrum japonicum, Ligustrum obtusifolium, Olea europaea and Osmanthus fragrans in Japan.[3]

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. J. (2018). "Dolbina tancrei Staudinger, 1887 -- Amur grizzled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
  3. ^ Volodymyr Izerskyy (1992). Бомбикоидные чешуекрылые и хохлатки Сибири и Дальнего Востока [Brachmaeidae lepidopterous insects of Siberia and the Far East.]. Kiev: Gnozis. ISBN 966-7569-07-1.