Biology:Dolbina tancrei

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Short description: Species of moth

Dolbina tancrei
Dolbina tancrei MHNT CUT 2010 0 486 Umegashima Shizuoka Japan female dorsal.jpg
Dolbina tancrei
Dolbina tancrei MHNT CUT 2010 0 486 Umegashima Shizuoka Japan female ventral.jpg
Dolbina tancrei ♀ △
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Dolbina
Species:
D. tancrei
Binomial name
Dolbina tancrei
Staudinger, 1887[1]
Synonyms
  • Dolbina curvata Matsumura, 1921
  • Dolbina lateralis Matsumura, 1921

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

Distribution

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

Description

The wingspan is 50–82 mm. It can be distinguished from other Dolbina species by the green wings and body. It differs from most similar species Dolbina exacta by the presence of large black patches and extremely small black dots on the underside of the abdomen. The main distinguishing character however, is the presence of a crescent hook on the aedeagus apex. The abdomen and wings undersides are brownish grey. There are large black mesial patches on the abdomen underside.

Biology

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

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Dolbina/tancrei.html. 
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Dolbina tancrei Staudinger, 1887 -- Amur grizzled hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/d_tan.htm. Retrieved December 15, 2018. 
  3. Volodymyr Izerskyy (1992). Бомбикоидные чешуекрылые и хохлатки Сибири и Дальнего Востока.. Kiev: Gnozis. ISBN 966-7569-07-1. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1381911 entry