SPHINX CRASSISTRIGA CRASSISTRIGA (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

Female Sphinx crassistriga crassistriga. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Hyloicus crassistriga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 119 (key), 145. Type locality: Japan.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

Japan: 2-18.viii (Honshu).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Japan: Honshu (Karuizawa; Tanigawa-onsen Spa, 600m; Tokyo).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Honshu, Japan.


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

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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© A.R. Pittaway & I.J. Kitching (The Natural History Museum, London)