Cechetra minor

Cechetra minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Cechetra
Species:	C. minor
Binomial name
	Cechetra minor; (Butler, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
	Chaerocampa minor Butler, 1875; Theretra striata Rothschild, 1894; Cechenena minor Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Cechenena minor olivascens (Mell, 1922);

Cechetra minor, the lesser green hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.

Distribution

It is known from northern India, Nepal, Thailand, eastern and southern China, Taiwan, southern Japan and Vietnam.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 90–98 mm. The upperside of the thorax is lacking a pale medial band. There are seven postmedian lines on the forewing upperside and seven lines on the distal half of the wing. The forewing underside ground colour is orange-beige.

Cechenena minor ♂
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Cechenena minor ♀
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Biology

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Saurauia pundiana, Vitis and Amorphophallus species in India and Cayratia japonica in China.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875) -- Lesser green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875) -- Lesser green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.