Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Sphinginae > Sphingini > Acherontiina > Agrius
Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) – Convolvulus Hawkmoth
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Agrius convolvuli – Convolvulus Hawkmoth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) – Convolvulus Hawkmoth: Arachis hypogaea, Clitoria ternatea, Glycine max, Lablab purpureus, Vigna mungo (Fabaceae), Helianthus annuus, Helianthus tuberosus (Compositae), Ipomoea aquatica, Ipomoea batatas, Ipomoea cairica, Merremia pinnata (Convolvulaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010).
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Goa | ||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | ||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
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| Tripura | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
References:
- Inoue, H., RD Kennett & I. J. Kitching. Moths of Thailand, Vol 2, # 1, pg 14, pl 1.
- Rohit Kumar, Lashkar, 1993. Marvelous Moths of Nepal, pg 11, # 1, pl 1 a-b.
Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Sphinginae > Sphingini > Acherontiina > Agrius
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Sankararaman, H. 2021. Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) – Convolvulus Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.63. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/29805/Agrius-convolvuli
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