Ambulyx kuangtungensis

Ambulyx kuangtungensis
Ambulyx kuangtungensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ambulyx
Species: A. kuangtungensis
Binomial name
Ambulyx kuangtungensis
(Mell, 1922)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyambulyx kuangtungensis Mell, 1922
  • Oxyambulyx takasago Okano, 1964
  • Oxyambulyx kuangtungensis formosana Clark, 1936
  • Oxyambulyx kuangtungensis hoenei Mell, 1937
  • Oxyambulyx kuangtungensis melli Gehlen, 1942

Ambulyx kuangtungensis is a species of moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from southern China, northern Thailand, northern Vietnam and Taiwan.[2]

The wingspan is 65-80 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Choerospondias axillaris in Guangdong.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Ambulyx/kuangtungensis.html. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  2. ^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_kua.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
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