Hippotion echeclus

Hippotion echeclus
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. echeclus
Binomial name
	Hippotion echeclus; (Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
	Choerocampa echeclus Boisduval, 1875; Chaerocampa elegans Butler, 1875;

Hippotion echeclus, the black-based striated hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. *

Distribution

It is known from southern and eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, south-eastern China, southern Japan (Ryukyu Archipelago), Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Lombok, Sumba) and the Philippines (Luzon, Bohol).[2]

Description

The wingspan is 64–84 mm.

Female dorsal
Female ventral

Biology

Larvae have been recorded on Sesamum indicum and Monochoria hastaefolia in India and Eichhornia crassipes in Thailand.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, [1875]) -- Black-based striated hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, [1875]) -- Black-based striated hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.