Theretra nessus

Theretra nessus
Theretra nessus, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Theretra
Species:	T. nessus
Binomial name
Theretra nessus (Drury, 1773)[1]
Synonyms
Sphinx nessus Drury, 1773 Sphinx equestris Fabricius, 1793 Chaerocampa nessus rubicundus (Schaufuss, 1870)

The Yam Hawk Moth (Theretra nessus) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka, India (including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Nepal, Burma, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, northern Australia and New Caledonia. It is a recent immigrant in Oahu.

The wingspan is 90-130 mm.

Larvae have been recorded on Amaranthus, Barringtonia, Discorea, Amorphophallus, Impatiens, Citrullus, Arathis, Boerhavia, Knoxia, Morinda, Oldenlandia, Pongamia, Spermacoce, Glossostigma and Camellia.

Subspecies

• Theretra nessus nessus
• Theretra nessus albata Fukuda, 2003 (Fiji, New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and Rossel Island at the extreme eastern end of the Louisiade Archipelago)

References

1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Theretra/nessus.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 

External links

• Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic

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