Ambulyx canescens

Ambulyx canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Ambulyx
Species:	A. canescens
Binomial name
Ambulyx canescens Walker, [1865][1]
Synonyms
Oxyambulyx canescens Walker; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Ambulyx argentata Druce, 1882

Ambulyx canescens is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines.

It is considered a forest pest, because its larvae feed on the leaves of young Dryobalanops lanceolata. Larvae have also been reared on Shorea lepidota.

References

1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Ambulyx/canescens.html. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 

External links

• Species info
• The Moths of Borneo

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