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Dolbina exacta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Dolbina exacta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dolbina

Rank
  
Species

Dolbina exacta

Similar
  
Dolbina tancrei, Dolbina, Rhagastis mongoliana, Smerinthus planus, Marumba sperchius

Dolbina exacta is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from the southern part of the Russian Far East, Japan and the Korean Peninsula, south into China as far as Sichuan, Hubei and Zhejiang. The habitat consists of open parklands and forest edges.

The wingspan is 55–58 mm. Both wings and the abdomen undersides are brownish grey. There are small black basal spots on the abdomen underside.

Adults are on wing from mid April to late August in Korea.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Fraxinus in China, Fraxinus (including Fraxinus mandshurica) and Syringa amurensis in the Russian Far East, Fraxinus lanuginosa in Japan and Ligustrum obtusifolium, Syringa reticulata and Fraxinus rhynchophylla in Korea.

References

Dolbina exacta Wikipedia