Cechenena lineosa

Cechenena lineosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Cechenena
Species:	C. lineosa
Binomial name
	Cechenena lineosa; (Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
	Chaerocampa lineosa Walker, 1856; Chaerocampa major Butler, 1875; Cechenena lineosa viridula Bryk, 1944;

Cechenena lineosa, the striped green hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah) and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan).^[2]

Description

The wingspan is 74–120 mm. It is a variable species, with regard to both forewing upperside ground colour and pattern intensity. There are seven oblique postmedian lines on the forewing upperside. There is considerable variation in the brightness of the spaces between the bands. Both the forewing and hindwing underside ground colour is orange-beige. There is a pale buff median band of variable width located on the hindwing upperside.

Female Cechenena lineosa
Female Cechenena lineosa underside
Male Cechenena lineosa
Male Cechenena lineosa, underside

Biology

Adults are swift flyers and visit flowers after dusk.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Saurauia tristyla, Impatiens, Vitis and Polygonum species in India.

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2011-10-20. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cechetra lineosa (Walker, 1856) -- Striped green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2011-10-20. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cechetra lineosa (Walker, 1856) -- Striped green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

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