NOTONAGEMIA SCRIBAE (Austaut, 1911) -- Northern grey double-bristled hawkmoth

Female Notonagemia scribae. Photo: © NHMUK Male Notonagemia scribae. Photo: © NHMUK Male Notonagemia scribae, Benxi, Liaoning, China, 2023. Photo: © ZhuoHeng Jiang

TAXONOMY

Psilogramma scribae Austaut, 1911, Ent. Z., Frankf. a.M. 44: 242. Type locality: Japan.

Synonym. Meganoton scribae (Austaut, 1911) Jordan, 1911.

Synonym. Psilogramma scrioae (Austaut, 1911) Zhu & Wang, 1997.

Synonym. Meganoton scribae (Austaut, 1911) Kitching & Cadiou, 2000.

Note. Zolotuhin & Yevdoshenko (2019) raised this cold tolerant taxon back to species level (from Notonagemia analis scribae) on the basis of a 5% divergence in DNA barcodes from Notonagemia analis, and the lack of a protruding forewing tornus when compared with Notonagemia analis. The small, dark, high altitude population from southeast China (Guangdong, Nanling National Forest Park, 1100m) requires further study with regard to its exact relationship to Notonagemia scribae. Although several of these are visually almost identical to typical Notonagemia scribae from Korea and Japan, DNA barcodes place them firmly within Notonagemia analis.

[Further details on this species in Japan, as well as photos of many stages, can be found on Digital Moths of Japan under Meganoton analis scribae.]


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 87--110mm.


Resting Notonagemia scribae, Japan. Photo: © Kenichiro Nakao. Resting Notonagemia scribae, Japan. Photo: © Kenichiro Nakao.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

North Korea: 15-29.v (North Pyongan Province); 1-12.vii (North Pyongan Province). South Korea: vi-viii ([many localities]). Japan: 22.iv (Hokkaido); 14.vi-6.viii (Honshu; Hokkaido); viii-ix (Honshu). Russia: 17-29.vii (Kurile Islands).

Park et al. (1999) give early June until early August as the flight period in Korea.


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Undiscribed.

LARVA: An illustrated review of early and late stage larvae is given by Dvořák (2016).


Final instar larva of Notonagemia scribae on Magnolia kobus, Saitama, Honshu, Japan, 800m, 17.ix.2019. Photo: © Takahiro Yano, 2019. Final instar larva of Notonagemia scribae on Magnolia kobus, Saitama, Honshu, Japan, 800m, 17.ix.2019. Photo: © Takahiro Yano, 2019.

PUPA: Illustrated in Dvořák (2016).

Larval hostplants. Recorded in Japan from Magnolia kobus (Nozakai & Miyata, 1989; Takahiro Yano, pers. comm. 2019), as well as Magnolia obovata and Magnolia liliiflora. It has also been reported from Sassafras tzumu. A roundup of hostplant utilization in Japan is given by Dvořák (2016).


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: ?Heilongjiang (Wuchang City, Laotudingzi Shan); Liaoning (Benxi).

North Korea: North Pyongan Province (Chonma County, Chonma-san).

South Korea: Seoul; Kyonggi Province (Suwon; Gwangleung; Yongmum-san; Cheongpyong; Baekun-san; Myungji-san); Kangwon Province (Gwangduk-san; Daeryong-san; Seolak-san; Jeombong-san; Odae-san; Sogumgang; Nochu-san; Chiak-san; Baeduk-san; Taebek-san; Donghae; Cheolwon; Chuncheon; Bongmyung-ri; Hongcheon); North Chungchong Province (Chupungryung; Wolak-san); South Chungchong Province (Chilgab-san); North Cholla Province (Mujugucheondong; Jiri-san; Namwon); South Cholla Province (Baekyang Temple; Mudeung-san; Gurye); North Kyongsang Province (Eorae-san; Sobaek-san; Gunwi; Seongju; Yongcheon; Cheongdo); South Kyongsang Province (Hamyang; Jinyang; Yeohang-san; Geoje-do; Baekun-san; Gibaek-san; Hwangsuk-san; Goseong; Namhae; Milyang; Sancheong; Ulsan; Hadong); Cheju Province (Cheju-do).

Japan: Hokkaido (Kushiro; Tokachi); Honshu (Sado Island; Gifu; Yokohama; Mt. Yats; Ohdaru Spa; Tokyo; Kumanotaira; Mikaboyama, 750m; Yunotaira Spa; Mt. Norikura; Nagano, Akasina; Fujiwara, Gunma Pref.; Saitama); Shikoku; Kyushu.

Russia: Kurile Islands (Kunashir Island).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Southern Russian Far East (Kurile Islands), northeastern China, North Korea, South Korea and Japan (Komatsu & Inoko, 2000).


Global distribution of Notonagemia scribae. Map: © NHMUK.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION



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