Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic

LEUCOPHLEBIA LINEATA Westwood, 1847

Female Leucophlebia lineata. Photo: © BMNH

Male Leucophlebia lineata. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Leucophlebia lineata Westwood, 1847, Cabinet oriental Ent.: [46], pl. 22, upper figure. Type locality: "Central India, Assam, etc."

ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 62--82mm.

ADULT BIOLOGY

FLIGHT-TIME

China: iv-v (Hong Kong); 20.vii (Shandong); vii (Jiangxi); viii (Hong Kong; Shandong); 12.ix (Hong Kong).

Taiwan: 25.iv-4.v (Tainan Hsien); 12.v (Nantou Hsien); 9.vi (Kaohsiung Hsien).

EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Pale yellow or yellowish-white, oval (1.00 x 1.60mm), shiny and smooth.

LARVA: Full-fed 55--75mm.

Full-grown larva of Leucophlebia lineata. Photo: Mell, 1922b

PUPA: 29--35mm.

Female pupa of Leucophlebia lineata. Image: Mell, 1922b

Male pupa of Leucophlebia lineata. Image: Mell, 1922b

Larval hostplants. Coarse grasses (Poaceae). A minor pest of sugarcane Saccharum.

PARASITOIDS

LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Hebei; Beijing; Tianjin; Shandong (Weihai; Yantai; Qingdao; Tai Shan); Shaanxi; Zhejiang (Tianmu Shan); Yunnan; Hunan (Dayong); Jiangxi (Jiujiang; Jiuling Shan); Guangdong; Hong Kong; Guangxi; Hainan.

Taiwan: Kaohsiung Hsien (Liukuei, 300m; Chishan); Tainan Hsien (Kuantzuling); Nantou Hsien (Puli).

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand, eastern and southern China, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambobia, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Flores, Sulawesi) and the Philippines.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION

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