Clanis bilineata

Clanis bilineata
Clanis bilineata
Clanis bilineata tsingtauica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Clanis
Species: C. bilineata
Binomial name
Clanis bilineata
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Basiana bilineata Walker, 1866
  • Clanis bilineata formosana Gehlen, 1941
  • Clanis bilineata sumatrana Clark, 1936
  • Clanis bilineata tsingtauica Mell, 1922

Clanis bilineata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Asia, but see the subspecies section for a detailed range.

The wingspan is 94-150 mm for ssp. bilineata and 94-120 mm for ssp. tsingtauica. Adults of the nominate subspecies are on wing from late February until October, with peaks in April, late July-early August, and mid September in Hong Kong. There are multiple generations per year. Subspecies tsingtauica is on wing from May to late September in Korea.

Larvae of the nominate subspecies have been recorded on Pongamia pinnata, Millettia atropurpurea and Pterocarpus marsupium in India. In southern China it has been recorded from Mucuna and Pueraria. Subspecies tsingtauica is monophagous on Fabaceae in China, including Acacia, Glycine, Mucuna, Puereria and Robinia species. Other recorded food plants include Olea and Paulownia but these are almost certainly erroneous.

Subspecies tsingtauica is a major pest of soyabeans in China, often defoliating entire fields.

Subspecies

Some authors recognise three distinct subspecies, while others regard them as synonyms:

  • Clanis bilineata bilineata (Southern India, then from Nepal and northern India (Sikkim) across southern China to Taiwan)
  • Clanis bilineata formosana (Taiwan)
  • Clanis bilineata tsingtauica (the Russian Far East, Japan, Korea and north-eastern China, as far south as Shaanxi and Zhejiang)

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Clanis/bilineata.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 

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