Sataspes tagalica

Sataspes tagalica
From Lionel de Nicéville's 1900 "On new and little-known Lepidoptera from the Oriental region"
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Sataspes
Species:	S. tagalica
Binomial name
Sataspes tagalica Boisduval, 1875 [1]
Synonyms
Sataspes hauxwelliide Nicéville, 1900 Sataspes ventralisButler, 1875 Sataspes tagalica chinensisMell, 1922 Sataspes tagalica collarisRothschild & Jordan, 1903 Sataspes tagalica protomelas(Seitz, 1929) Sataspes tagalica thoracicaRothschild & Jordan, 1903

Sataspes tagalica, the brilliant carpenter-bee hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.

Distribution

It is known from western and north-eastern India, Nepal, Myanmar, eastern and southern China and Thailand. ^[2] The habitat consists of woodland margins and shady tracks through woodland, particularly near bodies of fresh water.

Description

The wingspan is 56–70 mm.

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  Male dorsal view
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  Male ventral view
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  Female dorsal view
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  Female ventral view

Biology

It is a day-flying species. Adults are attracted to the flowers of Duranta erecta and Lantana camara .

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Dalbergia benthamii in Hong Kong.

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). "Sataspes tagalica tagalica Boisduval, [1875] -- Brilliant carpenter-bee hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.