Sphingulus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Sphingulus mus, the murine hawkmoth.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Sphingulini |
| Genus: | Sphingulus Staudinger, 1877 |
| Species: | S. mus
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| Sphingulus mus Staudinger, 1887[1]
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Distribution edit
Is found from the south-eastern part of the Russian Far East and the Korean Peninsula south into eastern China.[2]
Description edit
The wingspan is 57–60 mm.
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Biology edit
In northern China, there is one generation per year with adults on wing in May and June. In north-eastern China and the Russian Far East, there is probably partial second generation with adults on wing in July and August in some years. In Korea, adults have been recorded from June to July.
Larvae have been reared on Fraxinus species.
References edit
Wikispecies has information related to Sphingulus.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Sphingulus mus Staudinger, 1887 -- Murine hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
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