Callambulyx tatarinovii

Callambulyx tatarinovii
Callambulyx tatarinovii
Callambulyx tatarinovii formosana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Callambulyx
Species:	C. tatarinovii
Binomial name
Callambulyx tatarinovii (Bremer & Grey, 1853)[1]
Synonyms
Smerinthus tatarinovii Bremer & Grey, 1853 Smerinthus eversmanni Eversmann, 1854 Callambulyx tatarinovii coreana Gehlen, 1941 Callambulyx tatarinovii versicolor Gehlen, 1941 Smerinthus tatarinovii brunnea Staudinger, 1892 Callambulyx tatarinovii formosana Okano, 1958 Callambulyx tatarinovii japonica Eichler, 1965 Smerinthus tatarinovii flavina (Austaut, 1912)

Callambulyx tatarinovii or unmonsuzume (ウンモンスズメ) in Japanese is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia, southern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and central China to eastern Tibet. It is also found in Taiwan.

Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae

The wingspan is 56–82 mm. It is very similar to Smerinthus kindermannii, but the forewing colours are predominantly green and grey although there is a northern form in which all green coloration is replaced by brown.

There are one to two generations per year in China. In Korea, adults are on wing from early May to mid October.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ulmus parvifolius in Guangdong and Zelkova in northern China. Other recorded foodplants in China include Euonymus alatus, Salix, Populus and Prunus persica, but these require confirmation. In Korea, recorded hostplants include Ulmus davidiana var. japonica, Zelkova serrata, Tilia amurensis and Euonymus sieboldianus, while Ulmus japonica is recorded for the Russian Far East. Subspecies gabyae has been recorded feeding on Zelkova serrata.

Subspecies

• Callambulyx tatarinovii tatarinovii (from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia, southern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and central China to eastern Tibet)^[2]
• Callambulyx tatarinovii formosana - Clark, 1935 (Taiwan)^[3]
• Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae - Bryk, 1946 (Japan)^[4]

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Callambulyx tatarinovii tatarinovii'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
3. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Callambulyx tatarinovii formosana'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
4. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Callambulyx tatarinovii gabyae'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.