Kentrochrysalis sieversi

Kentrochrysalis sieversi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Kentrochrysalis
Species: K. sieversi
Binomial name
Kentrochrysalis sieversi
Alpheraky, 1897[1]
Synonyms
  • Kentrochrysalis sieversi houlberti Oberthür, 1920

Kentrochrysalis sieversi is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the southern part of the Russian Far East, north-eastern China and South Korea.[2]

The wingspan is 88–90 mm. Adults are on wing from mid May to mid August in Korea.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Fraxinus species in Primorskiy Kray.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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