Cephonodes picus

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Cephonodes picus
Cephonodes picus MHNT CUT 2010 138 Aurangabad India male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal
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Male ventral
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cephonodes
Species:
C. picus
Binomial name
Cephonodes picus
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx picusCramer, 1777
  • Sesia cunninghamiWalker, 1856
  • Macroglossa yunxBoisduval, 1875

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.

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