SMERINTHUS TOKYONIS Matsumura, 1921

Male Smerinthus tokyonis. Photo: © BMNH Male Smerinthus tokyonis. Photo: © BMNH

TAXONOMY

Smerinthus tokyonis Matsumura, 1921, Thousand Insects Japan (Additam.) 4: 751. Type locality: Japan: Honshu, Tokyo.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION


ADULT BIOLOGY


FLIGHT-TIME

Japan: 18.v-29.vii (Honshu).

The peak of emergence appears to be in June.


EARLY STAGES

OVUM:

LARVA:

PUPA:

Larval hostplants.


PARASITOIDS

Tachinidae: Exorista sorbillans (Wiedemann).


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

Japan: Honshu (Tokyo; Kita-Karuisawa; Gozaishodake; Karuizawa; Bushi; Mitsumine; Kiyosato, 1300m); Shikoku.


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to Japan.


Global distribution of Smerinthus tokyonis. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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