Cephonodes picus

Cephonodes picus
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cephonodes
Species:
C. picus
Binomial name
Cephonodes picus
(Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx picus Cramer, 1777
  • Sesia cunninghami Walker, 1856
  • Macroglossa yunx Boisduval, 1875

Cephonodes picus or Green Bumble-bee Hawkmoth is a moth of the family Sphingidae described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is found in most of the Old World tropics, including India, the Cocos-Keeling Islands, the Maldives, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Torres Strait Islands, Brunei and the Chagos Archipelago.

The wingspan is about 50 mm.

The larvae have been recorded on Jasminum, Adina, Coffea, Gardenia, Guettarda, Morinda, Pavetta, Randia, Tarema and Nephelium. They are green with a bluish white dorsal line and white dorsolateral ones.

References

  • Barnett, L. K.; Emms, C. W. & Holloway, J. D. (July 1, 1999). "The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography". Journal of Natural History. 33 (7): 1021–1038. doi:10.1080/002229399300065.
  • "Cephonodes picus (Cramer, 1777)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  • Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Cephonodes picus Cramer". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
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