Hippotion echeclus

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

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
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Hippotion echeclus
Male dorsal
Male ventral
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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
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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).[2]

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

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