Sphinx morio

Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 · species

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Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Sphinx

At a glance

Occurrence records97

Data sources4

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections34

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Sphinx morio's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility97 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI34 eDNA detections↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF97 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 4 countries34 detections

01Narrative

Sphinx morio, the larch hawk moth or Asian pine hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Russia, the Korean Peninsula, Japan and China. The wingspan is 60–80 mm. The larvae feed on Picea (including Picea asperata and Picea jezoensis), Larix (including Larix kaempferi, Larix sibirica, and Larix gmelinii var. olgensis), Pinus (including Pinus sibirica, Pinus sylvestris, Pinus koraiensis, Pinus densiflora, Pinus thunbergii and Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) and Abies species (including Abies fabri). In the Altai, it can be a major pest of Pinus sylvestris, sometimes causing complete defoliation of large areas.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

05DNA & barcoding34 eDNA hits

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Sphinx morio has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections34

Countries4

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type97 records

Wild obs. + sensor80

Museum / vouchered17

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO320 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 34≤1 km 16≤10 km 6>10 km 4

60 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor80

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 11

14 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence17

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Tartu, EE	10
Hiwa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	2
Washington, US	1

3 institutions · 13 of 17 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA34 detections

Where the DNA of Sphinx morio was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found34

Studies independent surveys1

Countries4

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 34 detections have coordinates

Open the map4 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.6 °C -2.10–26.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter24.9 °C

Max temp (day)22.7 °C 2.00–29.2

Min temp (night)13.0 °C -7.00–22.4

Precipitation97.7 mm/mo 7.50–264

Air humidity59.2 % 52.0–66.4

Moisture balance-19.5 mm/mo -52.3–124

Vapour deficit795 Pa 215–1,289

Wind speed1.90 m/s 1.60–3.70

Cloud cover35.2 % 19.4–44.9

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 15 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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