Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Macroglossinae > Macroglossini > Choerocampina > Pergesa
Pergesa acteus (Cramer, [1779]) – Green Pergesa Hawkmoth
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Pergesa acteus – Green Pergesa Hawkmoth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Pergesa acteus (Cramer, [1779]) – Green Pergesa Hawkmoth: Alocasia macrorrhizos, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Arisaema, Colocasia antiquorum, Caladium bicolor, Typhonium roxburghii (Araceae), Parthenocissus semicordata (Vitaceae), Begonia spp. (Begoniaceae), Commelina spp. (Commelinaceae), Dioscorea spp. (Dioscoreaceae), Vitis vinifera (Vitaceae) (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
| Assam | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | ||||||||||||
| Goa | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
References:
- , pg 47, # 105, pl 31 d.
- , pl 34, # 149
- [accessed 24 Dec 2015]
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/p_act.htm [accessed 24 Dec 2015]
Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Macroglossinae > Macroglossini > Choerocampina > Pergesa
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Unnikrishnan M.P. & Manoj, P. 2022. Pergesa acteus (Cramer, [1779]) – Green Pergesa Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/355522/Pergesa-acteus
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