Hippotion echeclus

Hippotion echeclus
Hippotion echeclus male Java
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Hippotion
Species: H. echeclus
Binomial name
Hippotion echeclus
(Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Choerocampa echeclus Boisduval, 1875
  • Chaerocampa elegans Butler, 1875

Hippotion echeclus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. 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]

The wingspan is 64–84 mm.

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. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  2. ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-25.


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