Callambulyx tatarinovii

Species of moth

Callambulyx tatarinovii, or unmonsuzume (ウンモンスズメ) in Japanese, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William (Wasilii) Grey in 1853.

Distribution

It is found from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia, southern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and central China to eastern Tibet. It is also found in Taiwan.

Description

The wingspan is 56–82 millimetres (2.2–3.2 in). It is very similar to Smerinthus kindermannii.

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  Female C. t. tatarinovii
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  Female C. t. tatarinovii, underside
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  Male C. t. tatarinovii
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  Male C. t. tatarinovii, underside

Biology

There are one to two generations per year in China. In Korea, adults are on wing from early May to mid-October.

Subspecies

• Callambulyx tatarinovii tatarinovii (from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia, southern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and central China to eastern Tibet)^[2]
• Callambulyx tatarinovii formosana - Clark, 1935 (Taiwan)^[3]
• Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae - Bryk, 1946 (Japan)^[4]

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  Male C. t. formosana
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  Male C. t. formosana, underside
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  C. t. gabyae

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. "Callambulyx tatarinovii tatarinovii". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
3. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. "Callambulyx tatarinovii formosana". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
4. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. "Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved 2011-11-01.