Identification Marks: Head, thorax and a streak down the vertex of abdomen grey; abdomen with lateral transverse bands of pink and black to each segment; grey below. Fore wing grey, with black streaks below veins 2 and 3; a highly dentate dark postmedial line met by an irregular black streak from the apex. Some specimens are much clouded with fuscous, which sometimes takes the form of a broad medial band leaving two small pale spots in the end of the cell. Hind wings are grey; antemedial, medial, and postmedial piceous bands, the two former meeting at anal angle, the two latter lunulate. (W.S. 90 mm).
Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus, 1758
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📚 Overview
Description
Gurule, S. A.(2013); Taxonomic study of moths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) from north Maharashtra (india). PhD thesis, University of Pune, India
Attributions | Gurule, S. A.(2013); Taxonomic study of moths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) from north Maharashtra (india). PhD thesis, University of Pune, India |
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Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Siberia, Japan, Africa, Australia, the Pacific and Southern Europe
Local Distribution
Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andaman Is.
Shubhalaxmi, V, R C Kendrick, Alka Vaidya, Neelima Kalagi, and Alaka Bhagwat. 2011. Inventory of moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Journal of the Bombay … 108, no. 3: 183-205. http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20133057227.html.
Attributions | Shubhalaxmi, V, R C Kendrick, Alka Vaidya, Neelima Kalagi, and Alaka Bhagwat. 2011. Inventory of moth fauna (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Journal of the Bombay … 108, no. 3: 183-205. http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/20133057227.html. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
India; Sri Lanka; Nepal; China; Thailand; Hong Kong; Borneo; Java; Celebes; Africa; Europe.
Gurule, S. A.(2013); Taxonomic study of moths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) from north Maharashtra (india). PhD thesis, University of Pune, India
Attributions | Gurule, S. A.(2013); Taxonomic study of moths (Lepidoptera : Heterocera) from north Maharashtra (india). PhD thesis, University of Pune, India |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Arthropoda |
Class | Insecta |
Order | Lepidoptera |
taxon:hierarchy.superfamily | Bombycoidea |
Family | Sphingidae |
Genus | Agrius |
Species | Agrius convolvuli Linnaeus 1758 |
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