Meganoton analis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Meganoton |
| Species: | M. analis
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Meganoton analis, the grey double-bristled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from India, Nepal, southern and eastern China, northern Thailand, northern Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, the southern part of the Russian Far East (Kurile Islands), South Korea and Japan.
Description[edit]
The wingspan is 87–150 mm.
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Female underside
Biology[edit]
The adults of subspecies M. a. scribae are on wing from early June to early August in Korea.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Sassafras tzuma in China. It is also an occasional pest of Magnolia species. The larvae of subspecies M. a. scribae have been recorded feeding on Magnolia kobus in Japan.
Subspecies[edit]
- Meganoton analis analis (India, Nepal, southern China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam)[2]
- Meganoton analis gressitti Clark, 1937 (Taiwan)[3]
- Meganoton analis scribae (Austaut, 1911) (southern Russian Far East (Kuril Islands), eastern China, South Korea and Japan)[4]
- Meganoton analis sugii Cadiou & Holloway, 1989 (Sulawesi)
- Meganoton analis sumatranus Clark, 1924 (Borneo, Sumatra)[5]
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Female M. a. scribae , dorsal view -
Female M. a. scribae , ventral view -
Male M. a. scribae , dorsal view -
Male M. a. scribae , ventral view
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Female M. a. sumatranus, dorsal view -
Female M. a. sumatranus, ventral view -
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Male M. a. sumatranus, ventral view
References[edit]
- ^ "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Notonagemia analis". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Notonagemia analis analis (R. Felder, [1874]) -- Grey double-bristled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Notonagemia analis gressitti (Clark, 1937) -- Grey double-bristled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Notonagemia analis scribae (Austaut, 1911) -- Grey double-bristled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Meganoton analis Felder". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
External links[edit]
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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