Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853

Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Li, Tao, Yan, Ming, Wang, Jia-Xin, Zheng, Xin-Yi & Hu, Shao-Ji, 2024, The life history of Smerinthus minor Mell, 1937, with a review of the East Asian species of the genus Smerinthus Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Zootaxa 5551 (3), pp. 453-478 : 460-461

Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853 [合n天ë]

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Smerinthus kindermannii Lederer, 1853 , Verh. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien (Abhandl.) 2: 92. TL: ‘Maden, Diyarbakir [ Turkey]’. Smerinthus kindermannii obscura Closs, 1917 , Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift. 11: 153.

Smerinthus kindermanni meridionalis Gehlen, 1931 , Entomologische Zeitschrift. 45: 202.

Smerinthus kindermannii gehleni Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996 , Atalanta. 27: 617.

Smerinthus kindermannii iliensis Eitschberger & Lukhtanov, 1996 , Atalanta. 27: 617.

Material examined. CHINA: ♂, Shihezi , Xinjiang, 16-V-2017, Rui Wang leg. [ JZHC] ; 2♂♂, Zada , Xizang, 950 m, 3-V-2013, Si-Xun Ge leg. [ JZHC] .

Diagnosis. Male ( Figure 5A–B ): Similar to S. caecus , but upperside of body greyish brown and darker, abdomen with a long black-brown stripe. Forewing longer than S. caecus , edge serrated; upperside browner, larger brown patch in the medial and marginal areas with more white scales, white zigzag line near apex; underside similar but more faded, basal to medial area pinkish. Hindwing mostly rose pink, incomplete small black ocellus near tornus with one small blue streak and a greyish yellow patch nearby; underside similar to forewing underside but without the pink area.

Female ( Figure 5C–D ): Similar to male, but wings broader, ground pattern darker and more extensive, antennae slenderer.

Male genitalia ( Figure 6A–D ): Similar to S. caecus , but uncus shorter and more curved, gnathos slender and slightly curved upward. Valva wider and more rounded. Sacculus leaf-shaped, with wider basal part constricted into a short, blunt harpe. Phallus similar to S. caecus , anterior lobe wider than posterior, with a short, blunt apical process and a weak lateral sclerite bearing a patch of weak cornuti.

Female genitalia ( Figure 7 ): Similar to S. caecus , but lamella postvaginalis slenderer. Ostial lobe narrower. Ductus bursae tubular and curved. Corpus bursae more rounded.

Distribution. China (Xinjiang, Xizang, Ningxia, Gansu), Mongolia, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.

Biological notes. This species was collected in middle to high elevation temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest, attracted to light at night.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Habitus of Smerinthus kindermannii. A–B. male, Zada, Xizang, China; C–D. female, Akbes, Turkey. Scale bar = 10 mm. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, UK (downloaded from Kitching, I.J. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/. Available online: (accessed on 11 July 2024).

FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Smerinthus kindermannii, Changbai Shan, Jilin, China. A. Lateral view; B. Left valve; C. Phallus; D. Anterior lobe of the process.

FIGURE 7. Female genitalia of Smerinthus kindermannii, Zahle, Libanon). © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, UK (downloaded from Kitching, I.J. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/. Available online: (accessed on 11 July 2024).