''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.
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
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...
, eastern
Indonesia, the
Solomon Islands and the
Torres Strait of
New Guinea.
Description
Hippotion rosetta MHNT CUT 2010 0 242 Aurangabad district, Maharashtra India male dorsal.jpg, Male dorsal view
Hippotion rosetta MHNT CUT 2010 0 242 Aurangabad district, Maharashtra India male ventral.jpg, Male ventral view
Hippotion rosetta MHNT CUT 2010 0 335 Aurangabad district, Maharashtra India female dorsal.jpg, Female dorsal view
Hippotion rosetta MHNT CUT 2010 0 335 Aurangabad district, Maharashtra India female ventral.jpg, 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
''Morinda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the madder family, Rubiaceae. The generic name is derived from the Latin words ''morus'' " mulberry", from the appearance of the fruits, and ''indica'', meaning "of India".
Description
Distributed ...
'', as well as ''
Pentas lanceolata
''Pentas lanceolata'', commonly known as Egyptian starcluster, is a species of flowering plant in the madder family, Rubiaceae that is native to much of Africa as well as Yemen
Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Repu ...
''.
References
* Pinhey, E. (1962). ''Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa''. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.
External links
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Hippotion
Moths described in 1892
Moths of Japan
Taxa named by Charles Swinhoe
Moths of Sri Lanka
Moths of the Philippines
Moths of Taiwan
Moths of Indonesia
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