''Psilogramma increta'', the plain grey hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is found from north-eastern

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

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and Korea, south and east through

, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Peninsular Malaysia, to the Greater Sunda Islands, west through

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, Nepal,

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and India to

Kashmir Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...

. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.

Description

The wingspan is 90–122 mm. Psilogramma increta MHNT CUT 2010 0 50 Ban Kheum Laos dorsal.jpg, ''Psilogramma increta'' ♂ Psilogramma increta MHNT CUT 2010 0 50 Ban Kheum Laos ventral.jpg, ''Psilogramma increta'' ♂ △ Psilogramma increta MHNT CUT 2010 0 344 Ban Kheum Laos female dorsal.jpg, ''Psilogramma increta'' ♀ Psilogramma increta MHNT CUT 2010 0 344 Ban Kheum Laos female ventral.jpg, ''Psilogramma increta'' ♀ △

Biology

The larvae mostly feed on Oleaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Verbenaceae species, although there are records from other families. Recorded food plants include ''

Campsis ''Campsis,'' commonly known as trumpet creeper or trumpet vine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to woodlands in China and North America. It consists of two species, both of which are vigorous deciduous perennial ...

'', ''

Catalpa ''Catalpa'', commonly called catalpa or catawba, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia. Description Most ''Catalpa'' are decidu ...

'', '' Clerodendrum'' (including '' Clerodendrum tricotonum''), '' Dimocarpus'', ''

Firmiana ''Firmiana'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, formerly placed in the now defunct Sterculiaceae; it may sometimes be called the "parasol tree". The genus name honours Karl Joseph von Firmian. Species The Catalogue of Life ...

'', ''

Fraxinus ''Fraxinus'' (), common name, commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of Subtropics, subtropic ...

'', '' Ligustrum'' (including '' Ligustrum lucidum'', ''

Ligustrum obtusifolium ''Ligustrum obtusifolium'' (border privet or Amur privet) is a species of privet A privet is a flowering plant in the genus ''Ligustrum''. The genus contains about 50 species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small ...

'' and '' Ligustrum japonicum''), ''

Melia Melia or Melie ( Ancient Greek: Μελία, Μελίη) may refer to: Greek mythology * Melia (mythology), the name of several figures * Melia, the singular form of Meliae, a type of nymph People and fictional characters * Melia (given name) * ...

'', '' Meliosma'', '' Olea'', '' Osmanthus'' (including '' Osmanthus fragrans''), '' Paulownia'' (including '' Paulownia tomentosa'' and ''

Paulownia coreana ''Paulownia coreana'', also called ''Paulownia glabrata'' or Korean paulownia, is an indigenous species of South Korea. It is cultivated in South Pyongan and south of Gyeonggi. Description Korean paulownia is a tall and broadleaf deciduous tre ...

''), '' Syringa'' (including ''

Syringa reticulata ''Syringa reticulata'', the Japanese tree lilac. is a species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae native to eastern Asia, which is grown as an ornamental in Europe and North America. Description It is a deciduous small tree growing to a he ...

'' and '' Syringa dilatata''), '' Vitex'' (including '' Vitex negundo''), '' Quercus aliena'', '' Callicarpa dichotoma'', '' Sesamum indicum'', '' Perilla frutescens'' and '' Viburnum dilatatum''.

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