Biology:Polyptychus trilineatus
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Polyptychus |
| Species: | P. trilineatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Polyptychus trilineatus Moore, 1888[1]
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Polyptychus trilineatus, the common crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from large parts of South Asia.
Description
The wingspan is 74–112 mm.
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Female underside
Biology
The larvae feed on Ehretia species.[2]
Subspecies
- Polyptychus trilineatus trilineatus (northern India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China (Hainan), Thailand and Vietnam)
- Polyptychus trilineatus celebensis Clark, 1929 (Sulawesi)
- Polyptychus trilineatus costalis Mell, 1922 (southern China)[3]
- Polyptychus trilineatus javanicus Gehlen, 1931
- Polyptychus trilineatus kelanus Jordan, 1930
- Polyptychus trilineatus luteatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (southern India, Sri Lanka)
- Polyptychus trilineatus mincopicus Jordan, 1930
- Polyptychus trilineatus sonantis Jordan, 1930
- Polyptychus trilineatus philippinensis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Philippines)
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P. t. celebensis, dorsal view -
P. t. celebensis, ventral view -
P. t. javanicus, dorsal view -
P. t. javanicus, ventral view
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721145120/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Polyptychus/trilineatus.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus trilineatus trilineatus Moore, 1888 -- Common crenulate hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/p_tri.htm. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Polyptychus trilineatus costalis Mell, 1922 -- Common crenulate hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/p_cos.htm. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q2787838 entry
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