Sphingulus

Sphingulus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, Sphingulus mus, the murine hawkmoth.

Sphingulus
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Sphingulini
Genus:	Sphingulus Staudinger, 1877
Species:	S. mus
Binomial name
Sphingulus mus Staudinger, 1887[1]
Synonyms
Sphingulus mus taishanis Mell, 1937

Distribution

Is found from the south-eastern part of the Russian Far East and the Korean Peninsula south into eastern China.^[2]

Description

The wingspan is 57–60 mm.

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  Sphingulus mus ♀
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  Sphingulus mus ♀ △

Biology

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.