Biology:Polyptychus trilineatus
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Short description: Species of moth
| Polyptychus trilineatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.
Male
Male underside
Female
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)
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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