Callambulyx tatarinovii

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Callambulyx tatarinovii, or unmonsuzume (ウンモンスズメ) in Japanese, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William (Wasilii) Grey in 1853.

Distribution

It is found from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia, southern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and central China to eastern Tibet. It is also found in Taiwan.

Description

The wingspan is 56 –. It is very similar to Smerinthus kindermannii.

Biology

There are one to two generations per year in China. In Korea, adults are on wing from early May to mid-October.

Subspecies

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