''Cechetra minor'', the lesser green hawkmoth, is a
moth of the family
Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is known from northern
India,
Nepal,
Thailand, eastern and southern
China
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,
Taiwan, southern
Japan
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and
Vietnam.
Description
The
wingspan is 90–98 mm. The upperside of the thorax is lacking a pale medial band. There are seven postmedian lines on the forewing upperside and seven lines on the distal half of the wing. The forewing underside ground colour is orange-beige.
Cechenena minor MHNT CUT 2010 0 496 Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, India male dorsal.jpg, ''Cechenena minor'' ♂
Cechenena minor MHNT CUT 2010 0 496 Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, India male ventral.jpg, ''Cechenena minor'' ♂ △
Cechenena minor MHNT CUT 2010 0 496 Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, India female dorsal.jpg, ''Cechenena minor'' ♀
Cechenena minor MHNT CUT 2010 0 496 Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, India female ventral.jpg, ''Cechenena minor'' ♀ △
Biology
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''
Saurauia pundiana'', ''
Vitis'' and ''
Amorphophallus
''Amorphophallus'' (from Ancient Greek , "without form, misshapen" + ''phallos'', "penis", referring to the shape of the prominent spadix) is a large genus of some 200 tropical and subtropical tuberous herbaceous plants from the ''Arum'' family ...
'' species in India and ''
Cayratia japonica
''Causonis japonica'' (also known by its synonym ''Cayratia japonica'' and common names bushkiller, yabu garashi and Japanese cayratia herb) is the type species of vine plant in its genus and is native to Tropical and Subtropical Asia, Australia ...
'' in China.
References
Moths described in 1875
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