SMERINTHUS PLANUS JUENNANUS Mell, 1922


TAXONOMY

Smerinthus planus f. juennanus Mell, 1922, Beitr. Fauna Sinica 2 (Biol. Syst. sudchin. Sphingiden): 189. Type locality: China, Yunnan, Yunnan-fu [Kunming] to Tali-fu [Dali].

Note. Indications are that this 'subspecies' is no more than a pale high altitude form.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Yunnan (Dali; Kunming)


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Yunnan, at altitude.


Global distribution of Smerinthus planus juennanus. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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