''Pentateucha curiosa'', the hirsute hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1908. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, Yunnan in south-western China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam. The wingspan is about 104 mm. Adults are on wing in January in Vietnam and from mid-December to mid-February in northern Thailand. The larvae probably feed on '' Ilex'' species (including '' I. triflora''). In captivity, larvae have been reared on leaves of '' I. aquifolium''.

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* Sphingulini Moths described in 1908 Taxa named by Charles Swinhoe Moths of Asia {{Sphingulini-stub