Japanese Hawkmoth Proboscis Length and Muscle Volume Measurements

537.0 KB of data from a 2026 study on Japanese hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) by Kota Sakagami and colleagues. The dataset likely contains measurements relating proboscis length to dilator muscle volume, published in Entomological Science. It includes JPG and XLSX files, suggesting a combination of images and tabular data.

Use Cases

• Analyze allometric relationships between proboscis length and muscle volume based on the described morphological measurements.
• Train models to predict feeding apparatus morphology in hawkmoths based on the proboscis-muscle relationship.
• Conduct comparative morphological studies across Sphingidae species using the provided Japanese hawkmoth data.

Strengths

• Data is associated with a peer-reviewed publication (Entomological Science, DOI: 10.1111/ens.70023).
• Dataset is small (537.0 KB), facilitating quick download and initial exploration.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse with attribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for statistical analyses.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its focus on Japanese hawkmoth species.

Provenance

Source

Kota Sakagami

Collection Method

Likely derived from anatomical measurements of museum specimens or collected individuals, as suggested by the study's focus on morphology.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-09 02:45:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Japan (inferred from 'Japanese hawkmoths' in the title)