list of moths of the family Sphingidae that are found in India. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths...
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The following is a list of the moths of India. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 species of moths exist in India. Alucitidae Bombycidae Brachodidae...
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Agrius convolvuli (redirect from Convolvulus hawk-moth)
maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis...
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turn into adult moths. Moths evolved long before butterflies; moth fossils have been found that may be 190 million years old. Both types of Lepidoptera are...
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Theretra silhetensis (category Moths of Japan)
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...
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Attacus atlas (redirect from Atlas Moth)
a strand of silk. The adult moths emerge from the cocoon after approximately four weeks depending on environmental factors. Adult Atlas moths are weak...
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Lepidoptera (redirect from Butterflies and Moths)
moths of the family Sphingidae. Their behavior is similar to hummingbirds, i.e., using rapid wing beats to hover in front of flowers. Most hawk moths...
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Cossidae (redirect from List of Cossidae genera)
species with large caterpillars and moths with a wingspan from 9–24 cm (3+1⁄2–9+1⁄2 in).[citation needed] These moths are mostly grey; some have long, narrow...
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Theretra lycetus (category Moths of Malaysia)
is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. Is known from south-east Asia, including Malaysia, Thailand, India, Sri...
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others (1892–1937) Moths. 5 volumes Hampson, G. (1892) Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig Hampson, G. (1894) Moths 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae...
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Hyles hippophaes (redirect from Seathorn hawk-moth)
Hyles hippophaes, the seathorn hawk-moth, is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph...
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summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region. The following is an incomplete list of the moths of Sri Lanka. Moths are lepidopterans that...
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Lasiocampidae (redirect from Lappet moths)
are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species...
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especially the Sphingidae, such as the pink-spotted hawk moth (Agrius cingulata) - or even hummingbirds. The genus includes food crops; the tubers of sweet potatoes...
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Butterfly (redirect from Life cycles of butterflies)
years ago. Butterflies evolved from moths, so while the butterflies are monophyletic (forming a single clade), the moths are not. The oldest known butterfly...
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CHANDARAGI (2013). "Notes on Hawk Moths (Lepidoptera—Sphingidae) in the Karwar-Dharwar transect, peninsular India: a tribute to T.R.D. Bell (1863-1948)1"...
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Polyptychus (category Sphingidae genera)
Polyptychus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and...
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(1971). Effect of Wind on the Pollination of Pancratium maritimum L. (Amaryllidaceae) by Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Journal of Animal Ecology...
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Gnathothlibus erotus (category Moths of Indonesia)
Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2011-10-20. Moths of Borneo Herbison-Evans...
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Smerinthus planus, The oriental eyed hawkmoth, a moth of the family Sphingidae Sphenodus planus, an extinct species of shark in the genus Sphenodus in the family...
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is the insect order consisting of both the butterflies and moths. Lepidoptera are among the most successful groups of insects. They are found on all continents...
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auct. (nec Carcasson, 1968) vereint, zusammengefaßt sind (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)" (PDF). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten (in German). 71: 1–639. Archived...
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moths) Cochylimorpha elegans, a species (Tortricinae) found in Iran Subsection Bombycina Superfamily Bombycoidea (bombycoid moths) Family Sphingidae (hawk...
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Henry Edwards (entomologist) (category CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list)
the description of moth species in North America including Mexico: Arctiidae, Bombycidae, Hepialidae, Sesiidae, Noctuidae, Sphingidae, Lasiocampidae,...
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among the listed genera, but Nymphalis was unequivocally implied in the formation of the name (Code Article 11.7.1.1). The attribution of the Nymphalidae...
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Bombyliidae (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of May 2024)
like Sphingidae, or while touching the flower with their front legs to stabilize their position - without fully landing or ceasing oscillation of the wings...
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Epimarptidae (category Moth families)
family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea. It can now be seen as either a synonym of family Batrachedridae, or a monotypic subfamily of that...
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resembling vertebrate eyes on the skin, such as on larvae of some Sphingidae or the wings of moths such as many Saturniidae. Such eyespots have no visual...
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Himalayan cuckoo (category IUCN Red List least concern species)
mainly of insects—especially caterpillars, both hairless and hairy alike across several families, such as Arctiidae, Lasiocampidae, Sphingidae, Saturnidae...
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Singhikalia ornata List of butterflies of Nepal Odonata of Nepal Cerambycidae of Nepal Zygaenidae of Nepal Sphingidae of Nepal Wildlife of Nepal Canepari...
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