Meganoton rubescens

Meganoton rubescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Meganoton
Species:	M. rubescens
Binomial name
Meganoton rubescens Butler, 1876[1]
Synonyms
Diludia rufescens Butler, 1875 Macrosila rubescens Meganoton cocytoides Rothschild, 1894 Meganoton rubescens dracomontis Mell, 1922 Macrosila rubescens severina Miskin, 1891

Meganoton rubescens is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from north-eastern India, central and northern Thailand, southern China, northern Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, northern Australia and the Solomon Islands.

The wingspan is about 130 mm. Adults have a light and dark fawn pattern on their wings, with a small white dot edged in black near the centre of each fore wing.^[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Annona, Melodorum (including Melodorum leichhardtii), Kigelia (including Kigelia pinnata) and Spathodea (including Spathodea campanulata) species. They are green with a yellow patch on the thorax, and white diagonal stripes on each segment.

Subspecies

• Meganoton rubescens rubescens (north-eastern India, central and northern Thailand, southern China and northern Vietnam)^[3]
• Meganoton rubescens amboinicus Clark, 1938 (Moluccas)
• Meganoton rubescens philippinensis Clark, 1938 (Philippines)
• Meganoton rubescens severina (Miskin, 1891) (Papua New Guinea, northern Australia, Solomon Islands)
• Meganoton rubescens thielei Huwe, 1906 (Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia)
• Meganoton rubescens titan Gehlen, 1933 (Moluccas)

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. "Australian Insects". Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
3. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Meganoton rubescens rubescens'' Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01.