Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Macroglossinae > Macroglossini > Choerocampina > Hippotion
Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793) – Dark Striated Hawkmoth
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- Early stages
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- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
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Hippotion velox – Dark Striated Hawkmoth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
References:
- OD: Sphinx velox Fabricius, 1793, Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 378. Type locality: "India orientali".
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_vel.htm [accessed 12 April 2019]
- G. Iyer & I.J. Kitching (2019). A preliminary study of the hawkmoth diversity (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(5): 13592–13604. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4694.11.5.13592-13604
Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Macroglossinae > Macroglossini > Choerocampina > Hippotion
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2021. Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793) – Dark Striated 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/356713/Hippotion-velox
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