Phyllosphingia

Phyllosphingia
	Male P. d. dissimilis, dorsal view
	Male P. d. dissimilis, ventral view
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Mimatini
Genus:	Phyllosphingia; C. Swinhoe, 1897
Species:	P. dissimilis
Binomial name
	Phyllosphingia dissimilis; (Bremer, 1861)
Synonyms
	Clarkia Tutt, 1902; Clarkunella Strand, 1943; Triptogon dissimilis Bremer, 1861; Phyllosphingia dissimilis hoenei Clark, 1937; Phyllosphingia dissimilis jordani Bryk, 1946; Phyllosphingia dissimilis sinensis Jordan, 1911;

Phyllosphingia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Charles Swinhoe in 1897. Its only species, Phyllosphingia dissimilis, the buff-leaf hawkmoth, was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer in 1861.

Distribution

It is known from the south-eastern Russian Far East, eastern and central China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. There is also a record from Luzon in the Philippines. Subspecies P. d. perundulans is found from Nepal, east through north-eastern India, Myanmar and northern Thailand to southwestern China. The habitat consists of open parklands and forest edges.

Description

The wingspan is 93–130 mm.

Female, dorsal view
Female, ventral view

Biology

There is one generation per year in northern China, with adults on wing from May to July. Farther south, there are two generations. Adults have been recorded from mid-May to mid-August in Korea.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Carya cathayensis, Juglans mandschurica and Juglans regia in China, Juglans mandschurica in Primorskiy Kray and Prunus serrulata var. spontanea in Korea.

Subspecies

Phyllosphingia dissimilis dissimilis (south-eastern Russian Far East, eastern and central China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. There is also a record from Luzon)^[2]
Phyllosphingia dissimilis perundulans C. Swinhoe, 1897 (from Nepal, east through north-eastern India, Myanmar and northern Thailand to southwestern China)^[3]

Male P. d. perundulans, dorsal view
Male P. d. perundulans, ventral view

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Phyllosphingia dissimilis dissimilis (Bremer, 1861) -- Buff-leaf hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Phyllosphingia perundulans Swinhoe, 1897 -- Brown-leaf hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Phyllosphingia dissimilis dissimilis (Bremer, 1861) -- Buff-leaf hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

[3] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Phyllosphingia perundulans Swinhoe, 1897 -- Brown-leaf hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

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