Hippotion echeclus

Hippotion echeclus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. echeclus
Binomial name
Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
Choerocampa echeclus Boisduval, 1875 Chaerocampa elegans Butler, 1875

Hippotion echeclus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from southern and eastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, south-eastern China, southern Japan (Ryukyu Archipelago), Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Lombok, Sumba) and the Philippines (Luzon, Bohol).^[2]

The wingspan is 64-84 mm.

Larvae have been recorded on Sesamum indicum and Monochoria hastaefolia in India and Eichhornia crassipes in Thailand.

References

1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Hippotion/echeclus.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
2. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_ech.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 

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