''Sphinx caligineus'', the Chinese pine hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from

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 ...

, north-eastern, eastern, central and southern

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 ...

, South Korea, northern Thailand and southern Vietnam. The wingspan is 55–76 mm. The larvae feed on ''

Pinus tabulaeformis ''Pinus tabuliformis'', also called Manchurian red pine, Southern Chinese pine or Chinese red pine, is a pine native to northern China and northern Korea. Description ''Pinus tabuliformis'' is a medium-sized evergreen tree growing to tall, with ...

'' to the west and north of Beijing, as well as the ornamental '' Pinus armandii''. In Guangdong, larvae have been recorded on '' Pinus massoniana''. Other recorded food plants include ''

Pinus elliottii ''Pinus elliottii'', commonly known as slash pine,Family, P. P. (1990). Pinus elliottii Engelm. slash pine. ''Silvics of North America: Conifers'', (654), 338. is a conifer tree native to the Southeastern United States. Slash pine is named after ...

'' and '' Pinus taeda''.

Subspecies

*''Sphinx caligineus caligineus'' (Japan) *''Sphinx caligineus brunnescens'' Mell, 1922 (central and southern China) *''Sphinx caligineus sinicus'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) (north-eastern, eastern and southern China, South Korea, northern Thailand and southern Vietnam)

References

Sphinx (genus) Moths described in 1877 Moths of Japan {{Sphinginae-stub