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Smerinthus
''Smerinthus'' is a Holarctic genus of hawkmoths in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Adults have conspicuous eyespot (mimicry), eyespots on the hindwings. Species *''Smerinthus astarte'' Strecker, [1885] *''Smerinthus caecus'' Menetries, 1857 *''Smerinthus cerisyi'' Kirby, 1837 *''Smerinthus jamaicensis'' (Drury, 1773) *''Smerinthus kindermannii'' Lederer, 1853 *''Smerinthus minor'' Mell, 1937 *''Smerinthus ocellatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Smerinthus ophthalmica'' Boisduval, 1855 *''Smerinthus planus'' Walker, 1856 *''Smerinthus saliceti'' Boisduval, 1875 *''Smerinthus szechuanus'' (Clark, 1938) *''Smerinthus tokyonis'' Matsumura, 1921 *''Smerinthus visinskasi'' Zolotuhin & Saldaitis, 2009 Smerinthus caecus MHNT CUT 2010 0 368 Shibecha Hokkaido Japon male.jpg, ''Smerinthus caecus'' Smerinthus cerisyi MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, male.jpg, ''Smerinthus cerisyi '' Smerinthus jamaicensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 389 Baltimore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthus Ocellatus
''Smerinthus ocellatus'', the eyed hawk-moth, is a European moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was Species description, first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. The eyespot (mimicry), eyespots are not visible in resting position, where the forewings cover them. They are displayed when the moth feels threatened, and may startle a potential predator, giving the moth a chance to escape. Imago The adult (imago) is very similar in appearance to the other two western Palaearctic ''Smerinthus'' species, ''Smerinthus caecus'' and ''Smerinthus kindermannii'' but differentiated by an apical thorn on the foretibia, and the large, circular hindwing ocellus. The upperside forewings are marked in light and dark shades of brown and resemble the colouring of bark. The hindwings are pink coloured basally and then a yellow ochre. The hindwings are dominated by a large, blue, dark-centred and black-rimmed eyespot. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthus
''Smerinthus'' is a Holarctic genus of hawkmoths in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Adults have conspicuous eyespot (mimicry), eyespots on the hindwings. Species *''Smerinthus astarte'' Strecker, [1885] *''Smerinthus caecus'' Menetries, 1857 *''Smerinthus cerisyi'' Kirby, 1837 *''Smerinthus jamaicensis'' (Drury, 1773) *''Smerinthus kindermannii'' Lederer, 1853 *''Smerinthus minor'' Mell, 1937 *''Smerinthus ocellatus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Smerinthus ophthalmica'' Boisduval, 1855 *''Smerinthus planus'' Walker, 1856 *''Smerinthus saliceti'' Boisduval, 1875 *''Smerinthus szechuanus'' (Clark, 1938) *''Smerinthus tokyonis'' Matsumura, 1921 *''Smerinthus visinskasi'' Zolotuhin & Saldaitis, 2009 Smerinthus caecus MHNT CUT 2010 0 368 Shibecha Hokkaido Japon male.jpg, ''Smerinthus caecus'' Smerinthus cerisyi MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, male.jpg, ''Smerinthus cerisyi '' Smerinthus jamaicensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 389 Baltimore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthus Jamaicensis
''Smerinthus jamaicensis'', the twin-spotted sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1773. Description It has a wingspan of – inches (4.5–8.3 cm), with the outer margins of the forewings unevenly scalloped, but with the coastal margin of the hindwings being almost straight. Males have gray with black and white markings on their forewings, while females are yellowish brown with dark brown and white markings. Both sexes have red hindwings with a pale yellow border. Sometimes a blue patch may appear as a single eyespot or it may be divided by black bands, creating two or three eyespots. Adult moths are nocturnal Nocturnality is a ethology, behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnality, diurnal meaning the opposite. Nocturnal creatur ..., but seem to prefer the earlier part hours of the night. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthus Cerisyi
''Smerinthus cerisyi'', the one-eyed sphinx or Cerisy's sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by William Kirby who named the species in honor of Alexandre Louis Lefèbvre de Cérisy in 1837. Distribution It is known from south-eastern Alaska, the southern parts of all Canadian provinces and in the northern border states of the United States south into northern Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio and along the west coast to southern California, eastward to the Rocky Mountains and into western New Mexico north to western North Dakota. It has also been recorded from Illinois and as far south as Missouri. Description The wingspan is about 95 mm. The species is found mostly in summer. The larvae feed on willow (''Salix'') and poplar (''Populus''). Smerinthus cerisyi MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal Smerinthus cerisyi MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Leeds County, Ontario, Canada, male ventral.jpg, Male v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthus Planus
''Smerinthus planus'', the Oriental eyed hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from northern Xinjiang across northern China, Mongolia and south-eastern Siberia to the Russian Far East and Japan, and then south through Korea and Taiwan to Hainan, Yunnan and eastern Tibet. The wingspan is 70–100 mm. There are probably two generations per year in western China. Depending on latitude and weather, there are between one and four generations further east in China, with adults on wing between April and September. The larvae feed on ''Populus'' and ''Salix Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions. Most species are known ...'' species. References Smerinthus Moths described in 1856 Moths of Japan Taxa named by Francis Walker (en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthus Kindermannii
''Smerinthus kindermannii'', the southern eyed hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found throughout the central Palaearctic Region, from Turkey, Cyprus and Lebanon, east through Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and northern Pakistan to Kashmir. From there, north and north-east through Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, to north-western China (Xinjiang, Ningxia, Gansu). It has also been reported from Israel and Kuwait. The wingspan is 70–80 mm. The larvae feed on ''Salix'' and ''Populus ''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood. The we ...'' species. Subspecies *''Smerinthus kindermannii kindermannii'' *''Smerinthus kindermannii gehleni'' Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996 (India) *''Smerinthus kindermannii iliensis'' Eitschberger & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthus Ophthalmica
''Smerinthus ophthalmica'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1855 . It is found in western North America from California to Alberta. Taxonomy The populations of ''Smerinthus cerisyi'' were divided into two species by Pohl, Anweiler, Schmidt and Kondla in 2010. The southern prairie-mountain (Crowsnest Pass Crowsnest Pass (sometimes referred to as Crow's Nest Pass, ) is a low mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta–British Columbia border. Geography The pass is located in southeast British Columbia an ... southward) populations are now known as ''S. ophthalmica'' (type locality: San Francisco, California) and the boreal-mountain populations as ''S. cerisyi'' (type locality: North America, limited to New York State). Rothschild and Jordan revised ''ophthalmica'' to a subspecies of ''S. cerisyi'' in 1903, and Hodges treated it as a synonym of ''S. cerisyi'' in 1971, which has been gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthus Saliceti
''Smerinthus saliceti'', the Salicet sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Distribution It is found in valleys and along streamsides from Mexico City north to western Texas,Arizona and extreme southern California. Gallery The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ... is 67–89 mm. Smerinthus saliceti MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Phoenix Co, Arizona, male dorsal.jpg, ♂ Smerinthus saliceti MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Phoenix Co, Arizona, male ventral.jpg, ♂ △ Smerinthus saliceti MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Southwestern Ressarch Station, Chiricahua Mts., Cochise Co Arizona USA female dorsal.jpg, ♀ Smerinthus saliceti MHNT CUT 2010 0 493 Southwestern Ressarch Station, Chiricahua Mts., Cochise C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthus Szechuanus
''Smerinthus szechuanus'', the Sichuan eyed hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Benjamin Preston Clark in 1938. It is known from Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ... in China. References Smerinthus Moths described in 1938 Moths of Asia Taxa named by Benjamin Preston Clark {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smerinthus Caecus
''Smerinthus caecus'', the northern eyed hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Édouard Ménétries in 1857. Description The wingspan is 50–65 mm. Smerinthus caecus MHNT CUT 2010 0 368 Shibecha Hokkaido Japon male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal Smerinthus caecus MHNT CUT 2010 0 368 Shibecha Hokkaido Japon male ventral.jpg, Male ventral Biology Adults are on wing from end May/June to early July in one generation. There might be a partial second generation in August if the first adults emerge in May or early June. The larvae feed on ''Salix'' and ''Populus ''Populus'' is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar (), aspen, and cottonwood. The we ...'' species. References External links * Smerinthus Moths described in 1857 Moths of Japan Taxa named by Édouard Ménétrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
