SPHINX CRASSISTRIGA AINO Kishida, 1990

Female Sphinx crassistriga aino. Photo: © BMNH Male Sphinx crassistriga aino; PARATYPE. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Sphinx crassistriga aino Kishida, 1990, Gekkan-Mushi 231: 10. Type locality: Japan: Hokkaido, Shari-gun, Koshi-mizu-cho.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

Japan: 20.vi-18.vii (Hokkaido).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Japan: Hokkaido (Sharigun; Nukabira; Yamabemura).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Hokkaido, Japan.


Global distribution of Sphinx crassistriga aino. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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