Sphingulus
Introduction '''''Sphingulus''''' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing only one species, '''''Sphingulus mus''''', the '''murine hawkmoth'''.
Distribution Is found from the south-eastern part of the Russian Far East and the Korean Peninsula south into eastern China.
Description The wingspan is 57–60 mm. Sphingulus mus MHNT CUT 2010 0 317 Ussuri, Gornotajosnoje, Russia, female dorsal.jpg|''Sphingulus mus'' ♀ Sphingulus mus MHNT CUT 2010 0 317 Ussuri, Gornotajosnoje, Russia, female ventral.jpg|''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.
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