Dolbina inexacta
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Dolbina |
Species: | D. inexacta
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Binomial name | |
Dolbina inexacta | |
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Dolbina inexacta, the common grizzled hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae.
Distribution
It is found from Pakistan, northern and central India and Nepal across Myanmar, southern China, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam to Taiwan.[2]
Description
The wingspan is 55–86 mm. The thorax, legs and wings undersides are brown. There are large black mesial patches on the abdomen underside. The discal interspace on the forewing upperside is sometimes pinkish grey between the discal cell and the hind margin.
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Male dorsal
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Male ventral
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Female dorsal
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Female ventral
Biology
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ligustrum robustum in China and Olea, Lonicera, Ligustrum, Fraxinus and Osmanthus species elsewhere.
References
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Dolbina inexacta (Walker, 1856) -- Common grizzled hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.