Ampelophaga rubiginosa Bremer & Grey, 1853

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Macroglossinae → tribe Macroglossini → subtribe Macroglossina → genus Ampelophaga → species Ampelophaga rubiginosa

Species name(s)

Ampelophaga rubiginosa Bremer & Grey, 1853 = romanovi (Staudinger, 1887) = fasciosa Moore, 1888 = iyenobu Holland, 1889 = Ampelophaga khasiana malayana Rothschild & Jordan, 1915 = alticola Mell, 1922 = hydrangeae Mell, 1922 = marginalis Matsumura, 1927 = submarginalis Matsumura, 1927 = Ampelophaga rubiginosa rubiginosa. [3, 9]

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:16538

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 3.

Russia regions

#36. Sredne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Regions of the Russian Federation: Seaside, Mid-Amur. [3].
Japan, Korea Peninsula, China, NE India. [112].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Mustache is whitish. The breast and abdomen are reddish-brown, with a blurred pattern of brown stripes sloping to the base of the posterior edge, and the same color of a triangular smear at the top of the costal edge. The hindwings are blackish. [112].

Imago lifespan

- VII - VIII [112].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Caterpillars on Amur grapes (Vitis amurensis), maiden grapes (Parthenocissus tricuspidata), as well as on rosaceae ( Prunus sp, Malus sp) and Salix sp [112].

Subspecies of Ampelophaga rubiginosa

Ampelophaga rubiginosa fasciosa Moore, 1888. [187]
A. r. myosotis Cadiou & Kitching, 2000. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Evgeny Komarov, Irina Nikulina.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Yuri Semejkin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[112] Определитель насекомых Дальнего Востока России том 5. Ручейники и чешуекрылые. часть 3. Владивосток: Дальнаука, 2001
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org