| Theretra japonica | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Theretra |
| Species: | T. japonica |
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| Theretra japonica | |
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Theretra japonica is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1869.
The wingspan is 55–80 mm.
The caterpillars feed on a wide range of plants. Recorded food plants are: In China: Cissus , Colocasia , Hydrangea , Parthenocissus , Ampelopsis , Ipomoea batatas , Cayratia japonica , Vitis and Ludwigia . Recorded in Korea on Colocasia antiquorum , Oenothera erythrosepala , Circaea mollis and Hydrangea paniculata . In Japan they feed on Hydrangea paniculata , Ampelopsis glandulosa , Cayratia japonica , Circaea , Fuchsia , Oenothera biennis , Oenothera stricta , Parthenocissus tricuspidata and Vitis . In the Russian Far East they are found on Vitis amurensis .
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Deidamia inscriptum, the lettered sphinx, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is the only member of the genus Deidamia. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1839 and the genus was erected by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859.
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Acosmeryx anceus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1781, and it is known from India, New Guinea, and Queensland, Australia.
Acosmeryx castanea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903.
Acosmeryx naga is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1858, and is known from Japan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China and South-east Asia.
Ampelophaga rubiginosa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer and William (Vasilii) Grey in 1853. It is found from north-eastern Afghanistan, east around the southern margin of the Himalaya to Yunnan, then throughout China to the Russian Far East, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. It is also found south through Thailand and Vietnam to Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.
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Theretra rhesus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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