''Sataspes xylocoparis'', the eastern carpenter-bee hawkmoth, is a species of
moth of the family
Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern
India,
Bhutan, northern
Myanmar
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, northern
Thailand, northern
Vietnam and southern and eastern
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
The habitat consists of shady, dense, mature hillside woodland with fast-flowing streams.
The
wingspan is 52–58 mm for males and 58–70 mm for females. It is a mimic of ''
Xylocopa
Carpenter bees are species in the genus ''Xylocopa'' of the subfamily Xylocopinae. The genus includes some 500 bees in 31 subgenera. The common name "carpenter bee" derives from their nesting behavior; nearly all species burrow into hard plant ma ...
'' carpenter bees.
It is a day-flying species. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''
Dalbergia benthami'' in Hong Kong. Other recorded food plants include ''
Lespedeza'' and ''
Albizia lebbeck''.
References
Sataspes (moth)
Moths described in 1875
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
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