Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic

PENTATEUCHA STUENINGI Owada & Kitching, 1997 -- Chinese hirsute hawkmoth

Adult male Pentateucha stueningi, Tianmu Shan, Zhejiang, China. HOLOTYPE. Photo: © M. Owada

TAXONOMY

Pentateucha stueningi Owada & Kitching, 1997, in Kitching, Owada & Brechlin, Tinea 15: 88. Type locality: China, Chekiang [Zhejiang], west Tien-mu-shan [Tianmu Shan].

ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Adult male Pentateucha stueningi, Baiyunyuan Scenic Area, Tonglu County, Zhejiang, China, 9.iii.2024, 300m. Photo: © HaoRan Du.

Adult male Pentateucha stueningi, Ningde, Fujian, China, 7.ii.2023. Photo: © Liang Guo.

ADULT BIOLOGY

This species flies at altitude during early spring in the isolated warm temperate mountains of Zhejiang and neighbouring Anhui.

Typical habitat of Pentateucha stueningi, Mt. Huang Shan, Anhui, China. Photo: © Tony Pittaway

FLIGHT-TIME

China: 7.ii (Fujian); 9.iii (Zhejiang); 10-20.iii (Fujian); iv (Jiangxi; Hunan).

EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown, but probably a species of Ilex like other members of the genus.

PARASITOIDS

Unknown.

LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Anhui (Mt. Huang Shan); Zhejiang (Tianmu Shan; Baiyunyuan Scenic Area, 300m); Sichuan (Ya'an); Hunan (Nanling Shan); Jiangxi (Wuyi Shan); Fujian (Wuyi Shan; Ningde); Guangdong (Nanling Shan).

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to mountainous areas of southern China.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION

Unknown.

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