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Smerinthus planus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Smerinthus planus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Smerinthus

Rank
  
Species

Smerinthus planus insectaproimages102431977jpg

Similar
  
Smerinthus, Smerinthus caecus, Smerinthus kindermannii, Callambulyx, Dolbina

Smerinthus planus (Oriental eyed hawkmoth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Walker in 1856. It is found from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia and south-eastern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and Taiwan to Hainan, Yunnan and eastern Tibet.

The wingspan is 70–100 mm. There are probably two generations per year in western China. Depending on latitude and weather, there are between one and four generations farther east in China, with adults on wing between April and September.

The larvae feed on Populus and Salix species.

References

Smerinthus planus Wikipedia