GRISEOSPHINX PREECHARI Cadiou & Kitching, 1990

Female Griseosphinx preechari. Photo: © BMNH Male Griseosphinx preechari, Doi Suthep, Thailand. Photo: © Adam Cotton

TAXONOMY

Griseosphinx preechari Cadiou & Kitching, 1990, Lambillionea 90(4): 17. Type locality: Thailand, Kanchanaburi, Sangkhla Buri, Thung Yai Wildlife Sanctuary, Mae Kasa, 15°25'N 98°44'E, 750m.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Male notable for its very long antennae, which are over half the length of the forewing. Latter mottled in light and dark grey; with a checkered fringe. Hindwings brownish-grey.


ADULT BIOLOGY

In Thailand, occurs from sea level to 1700m altitude (Inoue, Kennett & Kitching, 1997).


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 22.v (Yunlong).

In Thailand, from April until October (Inoue, Kennett & Kitching, 1997).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Yunnan (Yunlong).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

From southern China to northern, western and central Thailand, and into Myanmar/Burma.


Global distribution of Griseosphinx preechari. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION

Holarctic; eastern Palaearctic region. Pleistocene refuge: Monocentric -- Yunnan refugium.



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