Daphnusa colligata Walker, 1856, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln. Br. Mus. 8: 238. Type locality: North China.
Wingspan: 69--90mm.
A forest species in Taiwan (Lin, 2000).
China: 21.iii-27.vii (Guangdong); iv (Guizhou; Hong Kong); v (Yunnan); vi (Guangdong; Zhejiang; Hong Kong); 22.vi-10.viii (Shanghai); viii (Fujian; Zhejiang); 5-18.viii (Zhejiang); ix (Shaanxi). Taiwan: 17.iv (Nantou Hsien); iv-v (Hualien Hsien). South Korea: vii [(unstated locality)]. Japan: 14.vi-14.viii (Honshu; Shikoku; Kyushu).
There are one or two generations a year in northern China, with adults flying between May and July (Yang, 1978). Farther south, there may be up to four generations.
Park et al. (1999) give mid May until late September as the flight period in Korea.
OVUM: Laid in masses, oval 1.6 x 1.3 mm, milky white, turning to yellow green before hatching in 6 days; chorion not eaten (Lin, 2000).
LARVA: Full-fed 50--70mm. First instar larva (L1) head pale yellow, body whitish green, body length 3.75 mm, horn black 1.2 mm, lasting 3 days. Intermediate instar larvae (L2-L5) head and body pale green to yellow green and granulated, head triangular, face with 2 whitish lines, body lateral with oblique whitish line, body length 15-48 mm, horn 3-8 mm. Final instar larvae (L6) head whitish green, with 2 white lines, body whitish green with whitish granulation, lateral with white oblique line, dorso-central with violet red line; horn black in some, 10 mm. Hatching to pre-pupa 27 days, pre-pupa to pupa 4 days (Lin, 2000).
PUPA: 33--35mm. Brown, rough and rugose, not glossy, anterior blunt. Adult eclosion after 12 days (Lin, 2000).
Larval hostplants. Recorded in Guangdong on Broussonetia kaempferi and Broussonetia papyrifera (Mell, 1922b); the latter is also utilized around Beijing (Pittaway, pers. obs. 2005). Chu & Wang (1980) also listed Morus alba. Apparently monophagous on Moraceae; the record on Salix (Lin, 1987) is highly suspect.
Recorded in Taiwan on Broussonetia papyrifera (Lin, 2000).
Recorded in Korea on Broussonetia kazinoki and B. papyrifera (Park et al., 1999).
Recorded in Japan from B. kazinoki (Nozakai & Miyata, 1989).
Unknown.
China: Jilin; Liaoning; Hebei; Beijing (Botanical Garden); Shandong (Qingdao); Shaanxi (Yangling; Xunyang, 1380m); Henan; Anhui; Shanghai; Zhejiang (Ningpo; Tianmu Shan); Hubei (Lichuan; Xianfeng); Sichuan (Kangding; Pengshui; Wulong, near Fuling); Yunnan (Changning Co., Songzhishanding, 2800m); Xizang/Tibet; Guizhou (Jiucai Ling); Hunan (Dayong); Jiangxi (Wanzai); Fujian (Longqi Shan; Guangze, 1200m); Guangdong (Guangzhou); Hong Kong (Clear Water Bay; Sai Kung).
Taiwan: Miaoli Hsien; Taitung; Hualien Hsien (Taroko National Park); Kaohsiung Hsien (Shanping, 640m); Nantou Hsien (Puli; Jenai; Bukai; Nansanchi); Tainan Hsien (Kuantzuling); Taipei Hsien (Fushan).
South Korea: Kyonggi Prov. (Suwon; Gwangleung; Myungji-san; Soyo-san; Baeklyoung-do); Kangwon Prov. (Goseong; Chiak-san; Donghae; Chuncheon; Youngwol); North Chungchong Prov. (Chupungryung; Hwayangdong; Suanbo; Wolak-san); South Chungchong Prov. (Gyeryong-san; Chilgab-san); North Cholla Prov. (Jiri-san; Naebyun-san; Muju); South Cholla Prov. (Baekyang Temple; Naju; Jin-do; Soheuksan-do; Gurye); North Kyongsang Prov. (Sobaek-san; Naeyon-san; Juwang-san; Ulleung-do; Mungyungsaejae; Bongwha; Uisong); South Kyongsang Prov. (Baekun-san; Hwangsuk-san; Hamyang; Jinyang; Yeohang-san; Jinju; Goeje-do; Namhae-do; Jishim-do; Sacheon; Goseong; Milyang; Sancheong; Uiryong; Tongyoung; Hadong; Hapcheon); Cheju Prov. (Cheju-do; Topyung; Seoguipo; Hare-ri; Sungpanak).
Japan: Hokkaido; Honshu (Tokyo; Mikaboyama, 750m); Shikoku (Kuroson; Kochi); Kyushu (Hikosan; Yakuguchi); Tsushima; Ryukyu Archipelago (Amamioshima; Okinawa).
Occurs from Korea and Japan south throughout eastern and central China and Taiwan to Vietnam, northern Thailand and northeastern Burma/Myanmar (Shan States).
Holarctic; eastern Palaearctic region. Pleistocene refuge: Polycentric -- Japanese, Sinopacific, Sinotibetan and Yunnan refugia.
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