Dolbina exacta, the exact grizzled hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.
Dolbina exacta | |
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Dolbina exacta ♂ | |
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Dolbina exacta ♂ △ | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Dolbina |
Species: | D. exacta
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Binomial name | |
Dolbina exacta Staudinger, 1892[1]
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Distribution
editIt 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.[2]
Description
editThe wingspan is 55–58 mm.
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Dolbina exacta ♀
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Dolbina exacta ♀ △
Biology
editThe habitat consists of open parklands and forest edges. 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
edit- ^ "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). "Dolbina exacta Staudinger, 1892 -- Exact grizzled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.