Sphinx morio
| Sphinx morio | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphinx |
| Species: | S. morio |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphinx morio (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1] | |
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The Larch Hawk Moth (Sphinx morio) is a moth of the Sphingidae family.[2] It is found in Russia, the Korean Peninsula, Japan and China.
The wingspan is 60–80 mm.
The larvae feed on Picea (including Picea asperata and Picea jezoensis), Larix (including Larix kaempferi, Larix sibirica, Larix olgensis var. koreana and Larix gmelinii), Pinus (including Pinus sibirica, Pinus sylvestris, Pinus koraiensis, Pinus densiflora, Pinus thunbergii and Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) and Abies species (including Abies fabri). In the Altai, it can be a major pest of Pinus sylvestris, sometimes causing complete defoliation of large areas.
Subspecies
- Sphinx morio morio (Honshu in Japan)[3]
- Sphinx morio arestus (Jordan, 1931) (central Russia and the Altai eastward through Mongolia and northeastern China, to Primorskiy Kray, Sakhalin Island, the Korean Peninsula and Tsushima in Japan)[4]
- Sphinx morio inouei (Owada & Kogi, 1992) (northern Hokkaido in Japan)[5]
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Markku Savela (July 27, 2008). "Sphinx genus". funet.fi. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Sphinx morio morio'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Sphinx morio arestus'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Sphinx morio inouei'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.