Hippotion echeclus
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Hippotion |
Species: | H. echeclus
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Binomial name | |
Hippotion echeclus | |
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Hippotion echeclus, the black-based striated hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. *
Distribution
[edit]It is known from southern and eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, south-eastern China, southern Japan (Ryukyu Archipelago), Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Lombok, Sumba) and the Philippines (Luzon, Bohol).[2]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 64–84 mm.
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Female dorsal
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Female ventral
Biology
[edit]Larvae have been recorded on Sesamum indicum and Monochoria hastaefolia in India and Eichhornia crassipes in Thailand.
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, [1875]) -- Black-based striated hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.