Meganoton rubescens

Meganoton rubescens, the rosy double-bristled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, central and northern Thailand, southern China, northern Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, northern Australia and the Solomon Islands.

Meganoton rubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Genus:
Meganoton
Species:
M. rubescens
Binomial name
Meganoton rubescens
Butler, 1876[1]
Synonyms
  • Diludia rufescens Butler, 1875
  • Macrosila rubescens
  • Meganoton cocytoides Rothschild, 1894
  • Meganoton rubescens dracomontis Mell, 1922
  • Macrosila rubescens severina Miskin, 1891

The wingspan is about 130 mm. Adults have a light and dark fawn pattern on their wings, with a small white dot edged in black near the centre of each forewing.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Annona, Melodorum (including Melodorum leichhardtii), Kigelia (including Kigelia pinnata) and Spathodea (including Spathodea campanulata) species. They are green with a yellow patch on the thorax, and white diagonal stripes on each segment.

Subspecies
  • Meganoton rubescens rubescens (north-eastern India, central and northern Thailand, southern China and northern Vietnam)[3]
  • Meganoton rubescens amboinicus Clark, 1938 (Moluccas)
  • Meganoton rubescens philippinensis Clark, 1938 (Philippines)
  • Meganoton rubescens severina (Miskin, 1891) (Papua New Guinea, northern Australia, Solomon Islands)
  • Meganoton rubescens thielei Huwe, 1906 (Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia)
  • Meganoton rubescens titan Gehlen, 1933 (Moluccas)

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (15 January 2017). "Meganoton rufescens (Butler, [1875])". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
  3. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cerberonoton rubescens rubescens (Butler, [1876]) -- Rosy double-bristled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved 16 December 2018.


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