Cechenena lineosa, the striped green hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah) and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan).[2]
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Description edit
The wingspan is 74–120 mm. It is a variable species, with regard to both forewing upperside ground colour and pattern intensity. There are seven oblique postmedian lines on the forewing upperside. There is considerable variation in the brightness of the spaces between the bands. Both the forewing and hindwing underside ground colour is orange-beige. There is a pale buff median band of variable width located on the hindwing upperside.
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Male Cechenena lineosa, underside
Biology edit
Adults are swift flyers and visit flowers after dusk.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Saurauia tristyla, Impatiens, Vitis and Polygonum species in India.
References edit
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cechetra lineosa (Walker, 1856) -- Striped green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
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