Degmaptera mirabilis
| Degmaptera mirabilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Degmaptera |
| Species: | D. mirabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Degmaptera mirabilis (Rothschild, 1894)[1] | |
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Degmaptera mirabilis, the variegated hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Thailand, Anhui in China and Taiwan.[2] The habitat consists of high altitude evergreen oak forests.
The wingspan is 44–82 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Quercus fenestrata in the Khasi Hills in India
Male
Male underside
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus mirabilis mirabilis (Rothschild, 1894) -- Variegated hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.