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Mimas Hübner, [1819]

Mimas Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (9): 142, TS: Sphinx tiliae
Lucena Rambur, [1840]; Faune ent. Andalousie 2: 329
Mimas, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Mimas (Smerinthini) ; [HMW, 16]

Mimas christophi (Staudinger, 1887)

E.Russia, Japan, N.China. See [About maps] alni (Bartel, 1900)
pseudotypica O. Bang-Haas, 1936
Mimas christophi, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Mimas christophi, Sphigidae of China (and adjacent regions) [Tony Pittaway]
Mimas christophi ; [HMW]

Mimas tiliae (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Asia Minor, Russia, W.Siberia. See [About maps] Lehmuskiitäjä Lindsvärmare Lindesvaermer Pärnasuru Lime Hawk-moth Lindenschwärmer Sphinx du Tileul Esfinge del Tilo
Sphinx tiliae Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 489
ulmi (Heydenreich, 1851)
maculata (Wallengren, 1863)
tilioides (Holle, 1865)
pechmanni (Hartmann, 1879)
bipunctata (Clark, 1891)
contripuncta (Clark, 1891)
costipuncta (Clark, 1891)
obsoleta (Clark, 1891)
suffusa (Clark, 1891)
Smerinthus tiliae ab. brunnea Caradja, 1893; Dt. ent. Z : 188
brunnea Bartel, 1900; in Rühl, Palae. Großschm. 2: 149
immaculata (Bartel, 1900)
ulmi Bartel, 1900; in Rühl, Palae. Großschm. 2: 149
brunnescens (Staudinger, 1901)
exstincta (Staudinger, 1901)
brunnea-centrpuncta Tutt, 1902
brunnea-costipuncta Tutt, 1902
brunnea-marginepuncta Tutt, 1902
brunnea-obsoleta Tutt, 1902
brunnea-transversa Tutt, 1902
lutescens Tutt, 1902
margine-puncta Tutt, 1902
pallida-centripuncta Tutt, 1902
pallida-costipuncta Tutt, 1902
pallida-marginepuncta Tutt, 1902
pallida-obsoleta Tutt, 1902
pallida-transversa Tutt, 1902
semiobsoleta Tutt, 1902
virescens-centripuncta Tutt, 1902
virescens-maculata Tutt, 1902
virescens-marginepuncta Tutt, 1902
virescens-obsoleta Tutt, 1902
virescens-transversa Tutt, 1902
atroviridis Closs, 1911
viridis Closs, 1911
bipuncta Jordan, 1911
pallida Jordan, 1911
transversa Jordan, 1911
virescens Jordan, 1911
trimaculata (Brombacher, 1915)
bimaculata Gillmer, 1916
bimarginalis Gillmer, 1916
colon Gillmer, 1916
constricta Gillmer, 1916
excessiva Gillmer, 1916
fasciata Gillmer, 1916
inversa Gillmer, 1916
pseudo-trimaculata Gillmer, 1916
semicentripuncta Gillmer, 1916
clara Closs, 1917
discifera Closs, 1917
roseotincta (Schawerda, 1922)
rufobrunnea Lenz, 1925
marginalis Mecke, 1926
griseothoracea Cabeau, 1931
vitrina Gehlen, 1931
virescens-bipuncta Lempke, 1937
diluta Cockayne, 1953
rubra Cockayne, 1953
Mimas tiliae montana Daniel & Wolfsberger, 1955; Z. wien. ent. Ges. 40: 63
pallida-maculata Lempke, 1959
postobscura Lempke, 1959
pseudobipunctata Lempke, 1959
typica-puncta Lempke, 1959
angustefasciata Vilarrubia, 1973
bicolor Vilarrubia, 1973
latefasciata Vilarrubia, 1973
reducta Vilarrubia, 1973
rufescens Vilarrubia, 1973
Mimas tiliae, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Mimas tiliae, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Mimas tiliae, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Mimas tiliae, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Mimas tiliae, Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic [Tony Pittaway]
Mimas tiliae, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Mimas tiliae ; [HMW]

500x445 (~36Kb) female FINLAND: Rantasalmi, 1994, Photo © Juha Salokannel	700x579 (~44Kb) male FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, ex.l. 1997, Photo © 5.6.1998 Markku Savela	804x602 (~106Kb) Poland, Lodz, July 1998, Photo © Marek Michalski
915x630 (~51Kb) upperside Belgium, Antwerpen, 9.6.2004, Photo © Toon Verbruggen	915x623 (~54Kb) underside Belgium, Antwerpen, 9.6.2004, Photo © Toon Verbruggen	731x375 (~56Kb)

Larva on Betula, B. verrucosa, Alnus glutinosa, A. incana, Ulmus glabra, Tilia cordata, T. platyphylla [SPRK]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[HMW]

Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[Marek Michalski]

Lodz, Poland; e-mail: Marek Michalski

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

[Tony Pittaway]

WWW pages; Sphingidae of the Western Palearctic; Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic; Sphingidae of China (and adjacent regions)

[Toon Verbruggen]

Toon Verbruggen

Some related literature:

Caradja, 1893

Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Grossschmetterlinge des "Département de la Haute-Garonne" Dt. ent. Z: Iris 6: 198 : 161-240

Hübner, [1819]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

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