Hippotion echeclus
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| Hippotion echeclus | |
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| File:Hippotion echeclus MHNT CUT 2010 0 345 Mt Korintji, Sumatra, Indonésie, male dorsal.jpg | |
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| File:Hippotion echeclus MHNT CUT 2010 0 345 Mt Korintji, Sumatra, Indonésie, male ventral.jpg | |
| Male ventral | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hippotion |
| Species: | H. echeclus
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| Hippotion echeclus | |
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Hippotion echeclus, the black-based striated hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. *
Distribution
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]The wingspan is 64–84 mm.
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Female dorsal
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Female ventral
Biology
[edit | edit source]Larvae have been recorded on Sesamum indicum and Monochoria hastaefolia in India and Eichhornia crassipes in Thailand.
References
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