Mimas christophi

Mimas christophi
	Male, dorsal view
	Male, ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Mimas
Species:	M. christophi
Binomial name
	Mimas christophi; (Staudinger, 1887)
Synonyms
	Smerinthus christophi Staudinger, 1887 ; Mimas christophi pseudotypica O. Bang-Haas, 1936 ; Smerinthus christophi alni Bartel, 1900 ;

Mimas christophi, the alder hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution[]

It is known from the Russian Far East, north-eastern China, South Korea and northern and central Japan.^[2]

Description[]

The wingspan is 59–77 mm. It is similar to Mimas tiliae but smaller and darker and showing a less extensive variation in forewing colour and pattern.

Female
Female underside

Biology[]

Adults are on wing from late May to late August in Korea.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on , Tilia, Acer, Ulmus, Salix and Betula in Primorskiy Kray in Russia and Alnus japonica, Quercus dentata, Ulmus davidiana var. japonica and Tilia amurensis in Korea.

References[]

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Mimas christophi (Staudinger, 1887) -- Alder hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Mimas christophi (Staudinger, 1887) -- Alder hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

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