Meganoton nyctiphanes | |
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Meganoton nyctiphanes | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Meganoton |
Species: | M. nyctiphanes |
Binomial name | |
Meganoton nyctiphanes | |
Synonyms | |
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Meganoton nyctiphanes, the dull double-bristled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
It is known from Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, the Nicobar Islands, the Andaman Islands, south-eastern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sumatra, Indonesia and the Philippines (Palawan). [2]
The wingspan is 120–140 mm. It is variable in size and forewing upperside ground colour (when paler the lines appear more prominent). There is a pale band on the hindwing upperside which is slightly variable in position.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Symphorema involucratum in Thailand.
Marumba dyras, the dull swirled hawkmoth, is a species of hawk moth described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in South-east and South Asia.
Megacorma obliqua, the black-belted hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Cechenena helops is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Nepal, north-eastern India, Thailand, south-western China and Vietnam.
Eupanacra mydon, the common rippled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Theretra silhetensis, the brown-banded hunter hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae described by Francis Walker in 1856. It lives in Indo-Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, East Australia, Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, Vanuatu Islands.
Callambulyx rubricosa, the large pink-and-green hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856.
Hippotion rosetta, or Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth, is a sphingid moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1892.
Ambulyx moorei, the cinnamon gliding hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1858. It is found in Sri Lanka, southern and eastern India, the Nicobar Islands and Andaman Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
Theretra suffusa is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Theretra pallicosta, the white-edged hunter hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found from Sri Lanka and India, east through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Hong Kong and Taiwan and south through Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia.
Eupanacra variolosa, the grown rippled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
Cechenena lineosa, the striped green hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Meganoton analis, the grey double-bristled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from India, Nepal, southern and eastern China, northern Thailand, northern Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, the southern part of the Russian Far East, South Korea and Japan.
Meganoton rubescens, the rosy double-bristled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, central and northern Thailand, southern China, northern Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, northern Australia and the Solomon Islands.
Sataspes tagalica, the brilliant carpenter-bee hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.
Marumba spectabilis, the rosey swirled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.
Craspedortha porphyria is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.
Dolbina inexacta, the common grizzled hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.
Ambulyx sericeipennis, the common gliding hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is found from northern Pakistan and northern India eastwards across Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam to central and southern China and Taiwan.
Ambulyx substrigilis, the dark-based gliding hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by John O. Westwood in 1847.