Leucophlebia lineata

Large candy-striped hawkmoth
	Male dorsal
	Male ventral
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Leucophlebia
Species:	L. lineata
Binomial name
	Leucophlebia lineata; Westwood, 1847
Synonyms
	Leucophlebia luxeri, Boisduval, 1875 (Proposed as a new substitute name for Leucophlebia lineata, but erroneously treated as the valid name for the Sundaland populations of Leucophlebia lineata by Ulf Eitschberger in 2003);

Last updated August 26, 2024

Leucophlebia lineata, the large candy-striped hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by John O. Westwood in 1847. It is known from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand, eastern and southern China, Taiwan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Flores, Sulawesi) and the Philippines.^[2] It is a minor pest of sugarcane.^[3]^[4]

Description

The wingspan is 62–82 mm. The larvae feed on coarse grasses of the family Poaceae.

In The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I, the species is described as follows:

Palpi and frons brown; antennae ochreous; vertex of head and sides of thorax and abdomen pale pink; a brownish ochreous stripe on vertex of thorax and abdomen. Fore wing bright pink; a yellow stripe from the base of cell to apex, widest beyond the cell; a short narrow yellow streak in the interno-median interspace from the base; veins 2,3 and 4 white, with some diffused fuscous below them. Hind wing tawny. Cilia yellowish white. The form rosea from South India and Ceylon, is rather smaller and darker than typical lineata. Larva green covered with tubercles; a broad white lateral stripe; head white, with a pink streak on gulae; horn and legs pink.^[5]

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References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
↑ "Leucophlebia lineata Westwood, 1848". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Leucophlebia lineata Westwood, 1847 -- Large candy-striped hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
↑ "Leucophlebia lineata". Insect Life Forms. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] "Leucophlebia lineata Westwood, 1848". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[3] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Leucophlebia lineata Westwood, 1847 -- Large candy-striped hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

[4] "Leucophlebia lineata". Insect Life Forms. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

[5] Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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