AMPELOPHAGA RUBIGINOSA MYOSOTIS Kitching & Cadiou, 2000

Female Ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis. Photo: © BMNH Male Ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 38, 205. Type locality: Formosa [Taiwan, Taipei Hsien,] Wulai.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Resting Ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis, Taiwan. Photo: © Felix Lin.

Wingspan: 82--86mm.


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

Taiwan: iii-iv (Kaohsiung Hsien); vi (Taipei); viii (Nantou Hsien); ix (Taipei Hsien).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Taiwan: Hualien Hsien (Taroko National Park); Taipei (Yangmingshan); Taipei Hsien (Wulai; Fushan); Nantou Hsien (Puli); Kaohsiung Hsien (Shanping, 640m).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Taiwan.


Global distribution of Ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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© A.R. Pittaway & I.J. Kitching (The Natural History Museum, London)