Pentateucha inouei

Pentateucha inouei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Pentateucha
Species:	P. inouei
Binomial name
	Pentateucha inouei; Owada & Brechlin, 1997[1]

Pentateucha inouei, the Taiwanese hirsute hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Taiwan.[2] The habitat consists of alpine forests.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ilex formosana.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Pentateucha inouei Owada & Brechlin, 1997 -- Taiwanese hirsute hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Pentateucha inouei Owada & Brechlin, 1997 -- Taiwanese hirsute hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.