Degmaptera mirabilis, the variegated hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Thailand, Anhui in China and Taiwan.[2] The habitat consists of high altitude evergreen oak forests.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Degmaptera |
Species: | D. mirabilis
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Binomial name | |
Degmaptera mirabilis (Rothschild, 1894)[1]
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The wingspan is 44–82 mm.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Quercus fenestrata in the Khasi Hills in India
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Male
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Male underside
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus mirabilis mirabilis (Rothschild, 1894) -- Variegated hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.