Biology:Ampelophaga rubiginosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Ampelophaga |
| Species: | A. rubiginosa
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| Ampelophaga rubiginosa Bremer & Grey, 1853[1]
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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.
Female
Female underside
Male
Male underside
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
Larva
Damage
Pupa
Ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20121108084139/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Ampelophaga/rubiginosa.html. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Ampelophaga Bremer & Grey, 1853". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/macroglossinae/ampelophaga/. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Ampelophaga rubiginosa rubiginosa Bremer & Grey, 1853 -- Common vine hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_rub.htm. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Ampelophaga rubiginosa lohita Kishida & Yano, 2001 -- Common vine hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_loh.htm. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis Kitching & Cadiou, 2000 -- Common vine hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_myo.htm. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q3020604 entry
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