Cephonodes picus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Cephonodes |
Species: | C. picus |
Binomial name | |
Cephonodes picus (Cramer, 1777) | |
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Cephonodes picus is a moth of the family Sphingidae described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in most of the Old World tropics, including India, the Cocos-Keeling Islands, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Torres Strait Islands, Brunei and the Chagos Archipelago.
The wingspan is about 50 mm.
The larvae have been recorded on Jasminum , Adina , Coffea , Gardenia , Guettarda , Morinda , Pavetta , Randia , Tarema and Nephelium . They are green with a bluish white dorsal line and white dorsolateral ones.
Cephonodes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
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