SPHINX CALIGINEUS CALIGINEUS (Butler, 1877)

Female Sphinx c. caligineus. Photo: © BMNH Male Sphinx c. caligineus. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Hyloicus caligineus Butler, 1877, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20: 393. Type locality: [Japan, Honshu, Kanagawa,] Yokohama.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Resting Sphinx caligineus caligineus, Japan. Photo: © Osamu Fukuda.

ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

Japan: 8.v-5.vi (Honshu); 8.vii-28.viii (Honshu).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS

Tachinidae: Drino atropivora (Robineau-Desvoidy); Scelionidae: Telenomus dendrolimi (Matsumura).


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Japan: Hokkaido; Honshu (Komaba; Yokohama; Tokyo; Kobe; Gifu; Fushiki; Nagahama; Tokei-ji; Tsuruga; Goshikinuma; Mt. Akagi; Ogimachi; Akita; Fujisawa; Aone; Fukushima; Hatamachi; Minami-Kiso; Nagamine Sakusi; Tobira Spa; Bushi; Unazuki); Shikoku; Kyushu.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Japan. Records from elsewhere are the result of misidentifications.


Global distribution of Sphinx caligineus caligineus. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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