Jul 1
#3800 - Phyllosphingia dissimilis - Buff-leaf Hawkmoth
A brief detour from NZ to China, where my boss spotted this hawk moth at the Great Wall, some 50km north of the center of Beijing.
Originally described as Triptogon dissimilis in 1861, by Russian naturalist Otto Vasilievich Bremer, but moved to its own genus in 1897 by English naturalist Colonel Charles Swinhoe.
The caterpillars are known to feed on various trees in the walnut family, and on Japanese Cherry. The two subspecies are found in open parklands and forest edges from NE India to Japan.
