Cephonodes trochilus

Cephonodes trochilus
Cephonodes trochilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cephonodes
Species: C. trochilus
Binomial name
Cephonodes trochilus
(Guerin-Meneville, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Macroglossum trochilus Guérin-Méneville, 1843
  • Macroglossum cynniris Guérin-Méneville, 1844

Cephonodes trochilus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Mauritius.[2]

The wingspan is 38-41 mm. It is very similar to Cephonodes tamsi, but distinguishable by the brownish rather than reddish upperside of the abdomen. The upperside of the head, thorax and wing bases are unicolorous green. The abdomen is uniformly brownish. The underside of the thorax and abdomen are uniform orange-yellow, the anal tuft yellow and the tip orange-brown, laterally partly black.

The larvae feed on Rubia and Galium species.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Cephonodes/trochilus.html. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
  2. ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/jeanhs/XXVI%20No.3%20(115)_1_1967_Carcasson.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
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