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Issue: Vol. 5551 No. 3: 13 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.3.2
Page range: 453-478
Abstract views: 166
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The life history of Smerinthus minor Mell, 1937, with a review of the East Asian species of the genus Smerinthus Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-Security; Yunnan University; Kunming 650500; China; Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security; Yunnan University; Kunming 650500; China; School of Life Science; Westlake University; Hangzhou; 310023; China
Lubei District; Tangshan City; Hebei; 063000; China
Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources; College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
Northeast Forestry University; College of Forestry; Harbin 150040; China
The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing 100083; China
Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-Security; Yunnan University; Kunming 650500; China; Institute of International Rivers and Eco-Security; Yunnan University; Kunming 650500; China
Lepidoptera Smerinthus Smerinthinae Smerinthini Sphingidae life history taxonomy

Abstract

The six species of the genus Smerinthus Latreille, 1802 known from China, namely S. caecus Ménétriés, 1857, S. kindermannii Lederer, 1853, S. minor Mell, 1937, S. ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758), S. planus Walker, 1856, and S. szechuanus (Clark, 1938) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Smerinthinae, Smerinthini), are examined and illustrated, including the first description of the life history and female genitalia of S. minor. Diagnostic features and distribution maps of all Smerinthus species in East Asia are provided, together with a phylogenetic analysis based on DNA barcode sequences and a global checklist of all Smerinthus species.

 

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