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| Degmaptera mirabilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Degmaptera |
| Species: | D. mirabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Degmaptera mirabilis (Rothschild, 1894)[1] | |
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Degmaptera mirabilis, the variegated hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Thailand, Anhui in China and Taiwan.[2] The habitat consists of high altitude evergreen oak forests.
The wingspan is 44–82 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Quercus fenestrata in the Khasi Hills in India
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References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus mirabilis mirabilis (Rothschild, 1894) -- Variegated hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.
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