Sataspes tagalica
| Sataspes tagalica | |
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| From Lionel de Nicéville's 1900 "On new and little-known Lepidoptera from the Oriental region" | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sataspes |
| Species: | S. tagalica |
| Binomial name | |
| Sataspes tagalica | |
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Sataspes tagalica, the brilliant carpenter-bee hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.
Distribution
It is known from western and north-eastern India, Nepal, Myanmar, eastern and southern China and Thailand.[2] The habitat consists of woodland margins and shady tracks through woodland, particularly near bodies of fresh water.
Description
The wingspan is 56–70 mm.
Male dorsal view
Male ventral view
Female dorsal view
Female ventral view
Biology
It is a day-flying species. Adults are attracted to the flowers of Duranta erecta and Lantana camara.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Dalbergia benthamii in Hong Kong.
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). "Sataspes tagalica tagalica Boisduval, [1875] -- Brilliant carpenter-bee hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.