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Meganoton analis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Meganoton analis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Sphinginae

Rank
  
Species

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Meganoton analis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from India, Nepal, southern and eastern China, northern Thailand, northern Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, the southern part of the Russian Far East (Kurile Islands), South Korea and Japan.

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Description

The wingspan is 87–150 mm. Adults of ssp.

Biology

scribae are on wing from early June to early August in Korea.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Sassafras tzuma in China. It is also an occasional pest of Magnolia species. The larvae of ssp. scribae have been recorded feeding on Magnolia kobus in Japan.

Subspecies

  • Meganoton analis analis (India, Nepal, southern China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam)
  • Meganoton analis gressitti Clark, 1937 (Taiwan)
  • Meganoton analis scribae (Austaut, 1911) (southern Russian Far East (Kurile Islands), eastern China, South Korea and Japan)
  • Meganoton analis sugii Cadiou & Holloway, 1989 (Sulawesi)
  • Meganoton analis sumatranus Clark, 1924 (Borneo, Sumatra)

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