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Pentateucha inouei

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Pentateucha inouei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Pentateucha
Species:
P. inouei
Binomial name
Pentateucha inouei
Owada & Brechlin, 1997[1]

Pentateucha inouei, the Taiwanese hirsute hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Taiwan.[2] The habitat consists of alpine forests.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ilex formosana.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Pentateucha inouei Owada & Brechlin, 1997 -- Taiwanese hirsute hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.