CALLAMBULYX TATARINOVII GABYAE Bryk, 1946

Female Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae. Photo: © BMNH Male Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae Bryk, 1946, Ark. Zool. 38 A 3: 71. Type locality: Japan: [Honshu, Nagano,] Kariuzawa; Japan: [Honshu, Hyogo,] Kobe; Japan (Vegaexpedition).


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Disturbed Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae, Japan. Photo: © Kenichiro Nakao.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

Taiwan: iv (Honshu); 13.v (Shikoku); 14.v-3.viii (Honshu); 20.vi-15.vii (Hokkaido); 4.vii (Kyushu); 29.vii (Tsushima).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

Full-grown larva of Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae, Japan. Photo: © Toru Sakaguchi.

PUPA:

Larval hostplants. Recorded from Zelkova serrata.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Japan: Hokkaido (Kushiro); Honshu (Kobe; Nagano; Mitake; Mt. Oboshiyama; Nashimoto; Sago-Eko; Shirikubiyama; Tatsurayama; Tokyo; Mikaboyama, 750m; Shizugawa; Tokatta; Kamasawa, 950m; Bushi); Shikoku (Shioemachi); Kyushu (Yufuin); Tsushima (Sasuna).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Japan.


Global distribution of Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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