Dolbina inexacta

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Dolbina inexacta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Dolbina
Species:
D. inexacta
Binomial name
Dolbina inexacta
(Walker, 1856) [1]
Synonyms
  • Macrosila inexactaWalker, 1856
  • Meganoton khasianumRothschild, 1894
  • Dolbina inexacta olivascens(Mell, 1922)
  • Dolbina inexacta sinicaCloss, 1914

Dolbina inexacta, the common grizzled hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.

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Distribution

It is found from Pakistan, northern and central India and Nepal across Myanmar, southern China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam to Taiwan. [2]

Description

The wingspan is 55–86 mm. The thorax, legs and wings undersides are brown. There are large black mesial patches on the abdomen underside. The discal interspace on the forewing upperside is sometimes pinkish grey between the discal cell and the hind margin.

Biology

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ligustrum robustum in China and Olea , Lonicera , Ligustrum , Fraxinus and Osmanthus species elsewhere.

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Dolbina inexacta (Walker, 1856) -- Common grizzled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.