Ambulyx canescens

Ambulyx canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Ambulyx
Species: A. canescens
Binomial name
Ambulyx canescens
Walker, [1865][1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyambulyx canescens Walker; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Ambulyx argentata Druce, 1882

Ambulyx canescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines.

It is considered a forest pest, because its larvae feed on the leaves of young Dryobalanops lanceolata. Larvae have also been reared on Shorea lepidota.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.


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