Smerinthus planus

Smerinthus planus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Smerinthus
Species: S. planus
Binomial name
Smerinthus planus
Walker, 1856[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus argus Menetries, 1857
  • Smerinthus planus alticola Clark, 1922
  • Smerinthus planus chosensis (Matsumura, 1931)
  • Smerinthus planus clarissimus (Mell, 1922)
  • Smerinthus planus distinctus (Mell, 1922)
  • Smerinthus planus juennanus Mell, 1922
  • Smerinthus planus kuangtungensis Mell, 1922
  • Smerinthus planus meridionalis Closs, 1917
  • Smerinthus planus unicolor (Matsumura, 1931)

The Oriental Eyed Hawkmoth (Smerinthus planus) is a moth of the Sphingidae family.[2] It was described by Walker in 1856. It is found from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia and south-eastern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and Taiwan to Hainan, Yunnan and eastern Tibet.[3]

The wingspan is 70–100 mm. There are probably two generations per year in western China. Depending on latitude and weather, there are between one and four generations farther east in China, with adults on wing between April and September.

The larvae feed on Populus and Salix species.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ "''Smerinthus'' at funet.fi". Nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. ↑ "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.