Ambulyx canescens

Ambulyx canescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Ambulyx
Species:	A. canescens
Binomial name
	Ambulyx canescens; Walker, [1865]
Synonyms
	Oxyambulyx canescens Walker; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Ambulyx argentata Druce, 1882;

Ambulyx canescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865.

Distribution

It is found in Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines.

Description

Male, dorsal view
Male, ventral view
Female, dorsal view
Female, ventral view

Biology

It is considered a forest pest, because its larvae feed on the leaves of young Dryobalanops lanceolata. Larvae have also been reared on Shorea lepidota.

List of subspecies

Ambulyx canescens canescens
Ambulyx canescens flava (Clark, 1924)^[2]
Ambulyx canescens flavocelebensis

Male A. c. flava
Male A. c. flava

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
^ Clark, B.P. 1924. Twelve new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 9: 11–21

External links

"Ambulyx canescens canescens (Walker, [1865)"]. (May 25, 2009). Butterfly from Rejang Land. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Ambulyx canescens Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

[2] Clark, B.P. 1924. Twelve new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 9: 11–21

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