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Ambulyx substrigilis

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Dark-based gliding hawkmoth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Ambulyx
Species:
A. substrigilis
Binomial name
Ambulyx substrigilis
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx philemon Boisduval, 1870
  • Ambulyx substrigilis cana Gehlen, 1940
  • Oxyambulyx sericeipennis subrufescens Clark, 1936
  • Oxyambulyx substrigilis brooksi Clark, 1923
  • Oxyambulyx substrigilis aglaia Jordan, 1923

Ambulyx substrigilis, the dark-based gliding hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by John O. Westwood in 1847.[2]

Distribution

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It is known from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, the Andaman Islands, the Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, China (Hainan Island), Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan) and the Philippines.[3]

Description

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The wingspan is 96–120 mm.

Biology

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The larvae have been recorded feeding on Aglaia littoralis in India.

Subspecies

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  • Ambulyx substrigilis substrigilis (Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, China (Hainan Island), Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Kalimantan), Philippines)
  • Ambulyx substrigilis aglaia (Jordan, 1923) (India)

In The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I, the species is described as follows:

The hind wing crenulate. Pale ochreous or greyish brown to purplish brown in color; an olive-green band between the antennae; lateral olive-green bands on the thorax meeting on metathorax; abdomen with two olive blotches on the fifth segment, and one on the seventh in some specimens; sides of palpi and pectus ferruginous; some specimens with a ferruginous line down the vertex of abdomen. Fore wing with a basal olive speck; a subbasal olive blotch on the costa, and another below the median nervure, the former being obsolete in some of the forms; two irregularly dentate, more or less obsolete antemedial lines, and two similar lunulate postmedial lines; a curved band from apex to outer angle, the inner part of which is light, the outer dark. Hind wing ochreous, mottled with fuscous; an erect medial, and curved more or less lunulate postmedial band; some specimens with the anal half of the margin dark. ... Larva pale green with darker granular spots; a white dorso-lateral line; pale yellow oblique streaks on 5th to 10th somites; horn purple with white granular spots.

— The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I[4]

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. ^ "Ambulyx substrigilis (Westwood, 1847)". International entomological community. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Ambulyx substrigilis substrigilis Westwood, 1847 -- Dark-based gliding hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
  4. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.