| Field survey of feeding habits of Hepialus altaicola larvae was carried out from the Altai Mountains from 2014 to 2019.Ten species of plants were found to be eaten by the larvae of H. altaicola : Paeonia sinjiangensis, P. anomala, Aconitum leucostomum, Gymnospermium altaicum, Veratrum lobelianum, Erythronium sibiricum, Alchemilla pinguis, Chamaenerion angustifolium, Dictamnus angustifolius and Taraxacum officinale , different from the plants eaten by the larvae in different species of Hepinlus, meanwhile, most of them are endemic plants and Chinese medicinal herbs, even though some of them are poisonous. While rearing H. altaicola larvae under laboratory conditions, we found they liked to eat. Daucus carota and Cucurbita moschata. These observations will provide some help for some studies on H. altaicola, such as the larval collection in the field, larval rearing and so forth. |
