| Rhagastis velata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Rhagastis |
| Species: | R. velata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhagastis velata (Walker, 1866)[1] |
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Rhagastis velata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, Thailand, central and southern China and Taiwan.[2]
The wingspan is 66-74 mm. The upperside of the abdomen is without a pair of lateral golden stripes or (occasionally) with vestigial stripes on the posterior segments. The forewing upperside has four postmedian lines forming a conspicuous dark patch on the inner margin that is often continued towards the costa where it joins another (not always well-marked) patch near the discal spot. Two or three of the postmedian lines are usually strongly dentate. The forewing underside has a brown border.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Arisaema and Amorphophallus species in India.