Rhagastis mongoliana

Rhagastis mongoliana is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from China, north to Mongolia, Korea and the Primorsky Krai in Russia, and east to Taiwan and Japan.[2]

Rhagastis mongoliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Rhagastis
Species:
R. mongoliana
Binomial name
Rhagastis mongoliana
(Butler, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pergesa mongoliana Butler, 1876
  • Rhagastis mongoliana pallicosta Mell, 1922

The wingspan is 47–63 mm. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing from late April to August in north-eastern China.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Berberis, Cayratia, Impatiens, Polygonum and Vitis species in China, Cayratia japonica, Impatiens balsamina, Zantedeschia aethiopica and Parthenocissus tricuspidata in Japan, Impatiens balsamina and Galium verum var. asiaticum in Korea, Vitis amurensis in the Russian Far East and Cissus, Damnacanthus, Galium, Oenothera and Parthenocissus elsewhere.

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Rhagastis mongoliana (Butler, [1876])". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.


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