''Cechenena lineosa'', the striped green hawkmoth, is a
moth of the family
Sphingidae. It is known from northern
India,
Nepal,
Bangladesh,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
,
Thailand, southern
China
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,
Taiwan,
Vietnam,
Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak, Sabah) and
Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan).
Description
The
wingspan is 74–120 mm. It is a variable species, with regard to both forewing upperside ground colour and pattern intensity. There are seven oblique postmedian lines on the forewing upperside. There is considerable variation in the brightness of the spaces between the bands. Both the forewing and hindwing underside ground colour is orange-beige. There is a pale buff median band of variable width located on the hindwing upperside.
Cechenena lineosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 22 Ban Kheun Oudomxay Province Laos female dorsal.jpg, Female ''Cechenena lineosa''
Cechenena lineosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 22 Ban Kheun Oudomxay Province Laos female ventral.jpg, Female ''Cechenena lineosa'' underside
Cechenena lineosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 15 Ban Kheun Oudomxay Province Laos male dorsal.jpg, Male ''Cechenena lineosa''
Cechenena lineosa MHNT CUT 2010 0 15 Ban Kheun Oudomxay Province Laos male ventral.jpg, Male ''Cechenena lineosa'', underside
Biology
Adults are swift flyers and visit flowers after dusk.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''
Saurauia tristyla'', ''
Impatiens
''Impatiens'' is a genus of more than 1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics. Together with the genus ''Hydrocera'' (one species), ''Impatiens'' make up the family Balsaminaceae. ...
'', ''
Vitis'' and ''
Polygonum'' species in India.
References
Cechenena
Moths described in 1856
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