Rhagastis olivacea | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Rhagastis |
Species: | R. olivacea
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Binomial name | |
Rhagastis olivacea | |
Synonyms | |
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Rhagastis olivacea, the olive mottled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
It is found from north-western India across Nepal, northern Myanmar, northern Thailand and southern China to northern Vietnam. [2]
The wingspan is 72–92 mm. It can be distinguished from all other Rhagastis species by the yellowish-green ground colour of the forewing upperside with narrow and indistinct reddish transverse lines and bands, and a shuttle-shaped marginal area bordered irregularly with bluish-white scales, most strongly at the apex and tornus.
Adults are lachryphagous (meaning they drink tears). [3]
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Impatiens species in India.
Rhagastis olivacea | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Rhagastis |
Species: | R. olivacea
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Binomial name | |
Rhagastis olivacea | |
Synonyms | |
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Rhagastis olivacea, the olive mottled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.
It is found from north-western India across Nepal, northern Myanmar, northern Thailand and southern China to northern Vietnam. [2]
The wingspan is 72–92 mm. It can be distinguished from all other Rhagastis species by the yellowish-green ground colour of the forewing upperside with narrow and indistinct reddish transverse lines and bands, and a shuttle-shaped marginal area bordered irregularly with bluish-white scales, most strongly at the apex and tornus.
Adults are lachryphagous (meaning they drink tears). [3]
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Impatiens species in India.