Biology:Smerinthus minor

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Short description: Species of moth

Lesser eyed hawkmoth
Smerinthus minor RB179 male un.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Smerinthus
Species:
S. minor
Binomial name
Smerinthus minor

Smerinthus minor, the lesser eyed hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[1] It was described by Rudolf Mell in 1937. It is a montane species found from the Taibai Shan area, western Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi, China eastwards along the Qinling to southern Shanxi and then north to just west of Beijing. It has also been recorded from the Miaofeng Mountains near Beijing and the Wuling Mountains in Hunan.[2]

The wingspan is 70–80 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from early June to early July.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7988327 entry