Pentateucha curiosa

Pentateucha curiosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Pentateucha
Species:	P. curiosa
Binomial name
	Pentateucha curiosa; Swinhoe, 1908

Pentateucha curiosa is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, south-western China (Yunnan), northern Thailand and northern Vietnam.^[2]

The wingspan is about 104 mm. Adults are on wing in January in Vietnam and from mid December to mid February in northern Thailand.

The larvae probably feed on Ilex species (including Ilex triflora). In captivity, larvae have been reared on leaves of Ilex aquifolium.

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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