Leucophlebia lineata

Leucophlebia lineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Leucophlebia
Species: L. lineata
Binomial name
Leucophlebia lineata
Westwood, 1847[1]
Synonyms
  • Leucophlebia luxeri - Boisduval, 1875 (Proposed as a new substitute name for Leucophlebia lineata, but erroneously treated as the valid name for the Sundaland populations of Leucophlebia lineata by Eitschberger in 2003)

Leucophlebia lineata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand, eastern and southern China, Taiwan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Flores, Sulawesi) and the Philippines.[2]

The wingspan is 62–82 mm. The forewing upperside is similar to other Leucophlebia species in having broad pinkish costal and outer marginal areas and a paler median band, but differs in having the hind margin paler, nearer the colour of the median band, and with some picked out in white.

The larvae feed on coarse grasses of the Poaceae family. It is a minor pest of Saccharum species.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.