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(Redirected from Chaerocampa elegans) Species of moth

Hippotion echeclus
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hippotion
Species: H. echeclus
Binomial name
Hippotion echeclus
(Boisduval, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Choerocampa echeclus Boisduval, 1875
  • Chaerocampa elegans Butler, 1875

Hippotion echeclus, the black-based striated hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. *

Distribution

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).

Description

The wingspan is 64–84 mm.

  • Female dorsal Female dorsal
  • Female ventral Female ventral

Biology

Larvae have been recorded on Sesamum indicum and Monochoria hastaefolia in India and Eichhornia crassipes in Thailand.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, [1875]) -- Black-based striated hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Hippotion echeclus


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