''Dolbina exacta'', the exact grizzled hawkmoth, is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found from the southern part of the

Russian Far East The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Восток России, r=Dal'niy Vostok Rossii, p=ˈdalʲnʲɪj vɐˈstok rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a region in Northeast Asia. It is the easternmost part of Russia and the Asian continent; and is admini ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and the

Korean Peninsula Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

, south into

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

as far as

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

and

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

Description

The

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is 55–58 mm. Dolbina exacta MHNT CUT 2010 0 486 Ussuri, Gornotajosnoje, Russia female dorsal.jpg , ''Dolbina exacta'' ♀ Dolbina exacta MHNT CUT 2010 0 486 Ussuri, Gornotajosnoje, Russia female ventral.jpg , ''Dolbina exacta'' ♀ △

Biology

The habitat consists of open parklands and forest edges. Adults are on wing from mid-April to late August in Korea. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''

Fraxinus ''Fraxinus'' (), common name, commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of Subtropics, subtropic ...

'' in China, ''Fraxinus'' (including ''

Fraxinus mandshurica ''Fraxinus mandshurica'', the Manchurian ash, is a species of ''Fraxinus'' native to northeastern Asia in northern China (Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jilin, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shanxi), Korea, Japan and southeastern Russia (Sakhalin ...

'') and ''

Syringa amurensis ''Syringa reticulata'', the Japanese tree lilac. is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae native to eastern Asia, which is grown as an ornamental in Europe and North America. Description It is a deciduous small tree growing to a he ...

'' in the Russian Far East, ''

Fraxinus lanuginosa ''Fraxinus lanuginosa'' (Japanese ash; Japanese: アオダモ Aodamo) is a species of ash native to Japan and to the Primorye region of eastern Russia. ''Fraxinus lanuginosa''is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 10–15 m tall with a tru ...

'' in Japan and ''

Ligustrum obtusifolium ''Ligustrum obtusifolium'' (border privet or Amur privet) is a species of privet A privet is a flowering plant in the genus ''Ligustrum''. The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small ...

'', ''

Syringa reticulata ''Syringa reticulata'', the Japanese tree lilac. is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae native to eastern Asia, which is grown as an ornamental in Europe and North America. Description It is a deciduous small tree growing to a he ...

'' and ''

Fraxinus rhynchophylla ''Fraxinus chinensis'', the Chinese ash, is a species of flowering trees. Its leaves are used in traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China ...

'' in Korea.

References

Dolbina Moths described in 1892 Moths of Japan Taxa named by Otto Staudinger {{Sphingulini-stub