Hippotion rosetta
Species of moth
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Hippotion rosetta, or Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth, is a species of sphingid moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.[1]
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| Hippotion rosetta | |
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| in Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hippotion |
| Species: | H. rosetta |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippotion rosetta (C. Swinhoe, 1892) | |
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Distribution
It is found from southern Pakistan, India, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, east across Thailand, southern China and Taiwan to the Ryukyu Archipelago and the Philippines, then south across south-east Asia to the Andaman Islands, eastern Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and the Torres Strait of New Guinea.
Description
Male dorsal view
Male ventral view
Female dorsal view
Female ventral view
Biology
There are several generations per year in Hong Kong, with adults on wing from March to November, with peaks in late March, May and early October.
Larvae have been recorded on Borreria, Morinda citrifolia and Morinda umbellata, as well as Pentas lanceolata.
