Kentrochrysalis streckeri

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Kentrochrysalis streckeri
Kentrochrysalis streckeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 486 Shaanxi Tsinling Mts, Foping nature reserve China male dorsal.jpg
Kentrochrysalis streckeri dorsal
Kentrochrysalis streckeri MHNT CUT 2010 0 486 Shaanxi Tsinling Mts, Foping nature reserve China male ventral.jpg
Kentrochrysalis streckeri ventral
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Kentrochrysalis
Species:
K. streckeri
Binomial name
Kentrochrysalis streckeri
Synonyms
  • Sphinx streckeri Staudinger, 1880
  • Sphinx davidis Oberthür, 1880

Kentrochrysalis streckeri is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution[]

It is known from Mongolia, the Russian Far East, north-eastern China and North Korea.[2]

Description[]

The wingspan is 88–90 mm. In Khabarovsk in Russia there is one full generation with adults on wing from May to July, with a partial second generation in August in some years.


Biology[]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Fraxinus (including Fraxinus mandshurica), Ligustrum and Syringa species in Primorskiy Kray.

References[]

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Kentrochrysalis streckeri (Staudinger, 1880)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.


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