''Dolbina tancrei'' is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is known from the Russian Far East, north-eastern

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 ...

, the Korean Peninsula and

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Description

The wingspan is 50–82 mm.

Biology

Adults are on wing from in May and September in two generations in northern China and in two generations with adults on wing from May to June and in August in Russia. In Korea, adults have been recorded from late May to late August. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''

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'' and '' Syringa'' species in Primorskiy, ''

Ligustrum japonicum ''Ligustrum japonicum'', known as wax-leaf privet or Japanese privet ( ja, ネズミモチ) is a species of ''Ligustrum'' (privet) native to central and southern Japan ( Honshū, Shikoku, Kyūshū, Okinawa) and Korea. It is widely cultivated in ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' in Korea and ''Ligustrum japonicum'', ''Ligustrum obtusifolium'', ''

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'' and '' Osmanthus fragrans'' in Japan. , trans-title=Brachmaeidae lepidopterous insects of Siberia and the Far East.

References

Dolbina Moths described in 1887 Moths of Japan Taxa named by Otto Staudinger {{Sphingulini-stub