Meganoton analis
| Meganoton analis | |
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| Meganoton analis gressitti | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Subfamily: | Sphinginae |
| Tribe: | Sphingini |
| Genus: | Meganoton |
| Species: | M. analis |
| Binomial name | |
| Meganoton analis (R. Felder, 1874)[1] | |
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Meganoton analis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from India, Nepal, southern and eastern China, northern Thailand, northern Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, the southern part of the Russian Far East (Kurile Islands), South Korea and Japan.
The wingspan is 87–150 mm. Adults of ssp. scribae are on wing from early June to early August in Korea.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Sassafras tzuma in China. It is also an occasional pest of Magnolia species. The larvae of ssp. scribae have been recorded feeding on Magnolia kobus in Japan.
Subspecies
- Meganoton analis analis (India, Nepal, southern China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam)[2]
- Meganoton analis gressitti Clark, 1937 (Taiwan)[3]
- Meganoton analis scribae (Austaut, 1911) (southern Russian Far East (Kurile Islands), eastern China, South Korea and Japan)[4]
- Meganoton analis sugii Cadiou & Holloway, 1989 (Sulawesi)
- Meganoton analis sumatranus Clark, 1924 (Borneo, Sumatra)[5]
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Meganoton analis analis'' Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Meganoton analis gressitti'' Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Meganoton analis scribae'' Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "''Meganoton analis sumatranus'' at The Moths of Borneo". Arbec.com.my. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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