Ambulyx canescens

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Ambulyx canescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ambulyx
Species:
A. canescens
Binomial name
Ambulyx canescens
Walker, [1865] [1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyambulyx canescensWalker; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Ambulyx argentataDruce, 1882

Ambulyx canescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.

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Distribution

It is found in Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines.

Description

Biology

It is considered a forest pest, because its larvae feed on the leaves of young Dryobalanops lanceolata . Larvae have also been reared on Shorea lepidota .

List of subspecies

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. Clark, B.P. 1924. Twelve new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 9: 11–21