Biology:Ampelophaga rubiginosa

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Short description: Species of moth

Ampelophaga rubiginosa
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ampelophaga
Species:
A. rubiginosa
Binomial name
Ampelophaga rubiginosa
Bremer & Grey, 1853[1]
Synonyms
  • Ampelophaga romanovi (Staudinger, 1887)
  • Staudinger, 1887 Holland, 1889
  • Matsumura, 1927 Ampelophaga submarginalis
  • Ampelophaga khasiana malayana Matsumura, 1927
  • Ampelophaga fasciosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1915
  • Ampelophaga alticola Deilephila romanovi
  • Moore, 1888 Mell, 1922
  • Ampelophaga hydrangeae Ampelophaga iyenobu
  • Mell, 1922 Ampelophaga marginalis

Ampelophaga rubiginosa is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[2] It was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William (Vasilii) Grey in 1853. It is found from north-eastern Afghanistan, east around the southern margin of the Himalaya to Yunnan, then throughout China to the Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula and Japan . It is also found south through Thailand and Vietnam to Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.

Description

The wingspan is 72–100 mm.

Biology

There is one generation per year in north-eastern China, with adults on wing from June to August. Farther south, there may be up to three generations per year. In Shanghai, adults are on wing from February to October. In Korea, they are found from early May to early August.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Vitaceae species (including Cayratia, Parthenocissus and Vitis), Hydrangea paniculata and Saurauia.

Subspecies

  • Ampelophaga rubiginosa rubiginosa[3]
  • Ampelophaga rubiginosa lohita Kishida & Yano, 2001 (Japan (Kyushu and the Ryukyu Archipelago))[4]
  • Ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis Kitching & Cadiou, 2000 (Taiwan)[5]

Gallery

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3020604 entry