Polyptychus dentatus

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Polyptychus dentatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychus
Species:
P. dentatus
Binomial name
Polyptychus dentatus
(Cramer, 1777) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx dentatusCramer, 1777
  • Sphinx modestaFabricius, 1793
  • Sphinx timesiusStoll, 1790

Polyptychus dentatus, the straight-lined crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sri Lanka, tropical India and tropical Pakistan.

The wingspan is 92–120 mm.

In India, larvae have been recorded on Cordia dichotoma , Cordia sebestena and Ehretia laevis . Mature larvae are about 100 mm long. [2]

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus dentatus (Cramer, 1777) -- Straight-lined crenulate hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.