Cechenena minor

Cechenena minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cechenena
Species: C. minor
Binomial name
Cechenena minor
(Butler, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa minor Butler, 1875
  • Theretra striata Rothschild, 1894
  • Cechenena minor olivascens (Mell, 1922)

Cechenena minor is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from northern India, Nepal, Thailand, eastern and southern China, Taiwan, southern Japan and Vietnam.[2]

The wingspan is 90–98 mm. The upperside of the thorax is lacking a pale medial band. There are seven postmedian lines on the forewing upperside and seven lines on the distal half of the wing. The forewing underside ground colour is orange-beige.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Saurauia pundiana, Vitis and Amorphophallus species in India and Cayratia japonica in China.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. ↑ Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-20.


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