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Ampelophaga rubiginosa

Ampelophaga rubiginosa
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ampelophaga
Species: A. rubiginosa
Binomial name
Ampelophaga rubiginosa
Bremer and Grey , 1853
Synonyms
  • Ampelophaga romanovi (Staudinger, 1887)
  • Deilephila romanovi Staudinger, 1887
  • Ampelophaga fasciosa Moore, 1888
  • Ampelophaga iyenobu Holland, 1889
  • Ampelophaga khasiana malayana Rothschild & Jordan, 1915
  • Ampelophaga alticola Mell, 1922
  • Ampelophaga hydrangeae Mell, 1922
  • Ampelophaga marginalis Matsumura, 1927
  • Ampelophaga submarginalis Matsumura, 1927

Ampelophaga rubiginosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and Vasilii Fomich Grey in 1853. It is found from north-eastern Afghanistan, east around the southern margin of the Himalaya to Yunnan, then throughout China to the Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. It is also found south through Thailand and Vietnam to Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.

The wingspan is 72–100 mm.

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There is one generation per year in north-eastern China, with adults on wing from June to August. Farther south, there may be up to three generations per year. In Shanghai, adults are on wing from February to October. In Korea, they are found from early May to early August.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Vitaceae species (including Cayratia, Parthenocissus and Vitis), Hydrangea paniculata and Saurauia.

Larva

Damage

Pupa

Ampelophaga rubiginosa myosotis



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