Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae Bryk, 1946, Ark. Zool. 38 A 3: 71. Type locality: Japan: [Honshu, Nagano,] Kariuzawa; Japan: [Honshu, Hyogo,] Kobe; Japan (Vegaexpedition).
Synonym. Ambulyx flavina Austaut, 1912, Intern. Ent. Zeit. 6: 89.
Synonym. Callambulyx tatarinovii japonica Eichler, 1965.
[Further details on this species in Japan, as well as photos of many stages, can be found on Digital Moths of Japan as well as Moths of the southern Shikoku, Japan.]
Japan: iv (Honshu); 13-26.v (Shikoku); 14.v-3.viii (Honshu); 23.v-20.vi (Hokkaido); 6.vii-1.viii (Hokkaido); 4.vii (Kyushu); 29.vii (Tsushima).
OVUM: Large (1.7 x 1.5mm), almost spherical, pale green, glossy. Very similar in size, shape and colour to that of Laothoe populi populi.
LARVA: Depending on the quality of the hostplant, larvae of this species can undergo five or six instars.
PUPA:
Larval hostplants. Recorded from Zelkova serrata (Nagano, 1904).
Japan: Hokkaido (Kushiro; Takinoue); Honshu (Kobe; Nagano; Mitake; Mt. Oboshiyama; Nashimoto; Sago-Eko; Shirikubiyama; Tatsurayama; Tokyo; Mikaboyama, 750m; Shizugawa; Tokatta; Kamasawa, 950m; Bushi; Akashina); Shikoku (Shioemachi; Ochi); Kyushu (Yufuin); Tsushima (Sasuna).
Endemic to Japan.
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