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Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Smerinthinae > Leucophlebiini > Leucophlebia

Leucophlebia lineata Westwood, 1847 – Large Candy-striped Hawkmoth

Leucophlebia lineata – Large Candy-striped Hawkmoth

Leucophlebia lineata
Leucophlebia lineata
Leucophlebia lineata
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Assam
All states
Similiar species:
Vide Bell & Scott, 1937
Fore wing upperside with one broad longitudinal maize-yellow streak. - L. emittens
Fore wing upperside with a broad upper and a narrow lower, longitudinal maize-yellow streak. - L. lineata

References:
  1. Allen, M. 1993. Marvelous Moths of Nepal, pg 24, pl 14.
  2. Bell, T.R.D & F. B. Scott. 1937. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 5. Sphingidae 537p - 1 folding map - 15 pl. Pg. 157 #35. Plate II Larva fgs 13,14 pupa fg.15
  3. Hampson, G. 1892. The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma. Moths, Vol. 1. Taylor & Francis, London. Pp. xxiii + 527. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig, pg 74, # 100
  4. Kitching, I. Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory. Website accessed July 2015
  5. Pittaway, A.R. & I.J. Kitching. Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.). Website accessed July 2015.

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Anonymous. 2021. Leucophlebia lineata Westwood, 1847 – Large Candy-striped Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 2.61. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355047/Leucophlebia-lineata
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