Sphingonaepiopsis pumilio

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Sphingonaepiopsis pumilio
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sphingonaepiopsis
Species:
S. pumilio
Binomial name
Sphingonaepiopsis pumilio
(Boisduval, [1875])
Synonyms

Sphingonaepiopsis pumilio, the tiny hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Uttar Pradesh in India, east through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to China (as far north as Anhui), south to Peninsular Malaysia through Vietnam and Thailand.

The wingspan is 27–31 mm.

Larvae have been recorded on Galium gracile , Oldenlandia and Hedyotis uncinella .


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