Cechenena aegrota

Cechenena aegrota, the mottled green hawkmoth, is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875.[1] It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India (Sikkim, Meghalaya), Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, southern China (Hainan, Hong Kong) and Vietnam.[2]

  • Female dorsal
  • Female ventral

Cechenena aegrota
Male dorsal
Male ventral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Genus:
Cechenena
Species:
C. aegrota
Binomial name
Cechenena aegrota
(Butler, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Pergesa aegrota Butler, 1875
  • Cechenena albicosta Tutt, 1904
  • Cechenena aegrota occidentalis Clark, 1935

Males in this species have a wingspan of 72-76 millimetres, while females have a wingspan of 88-92 millimetres. This species is sexually dichromatic, with females being darker and browner than males. Adults are on wing from March to December, with a main peak in April in Hong Kong.[3]

The larvae feed on Psychotria species.

Subspecies
  • Cechenena aegrota aegrota
  • Cechenena aegrota kueppersi Eitschberger, 2007 (northern Vietnam)

References
  1. "Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009urn:lsid:cate-sphingidae.org:taxon:d7e1c487-6bf4-1014-884b-8757473e38d3". cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) -- Mottled green hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  3. Butler, Arthur Gardiner (1876). "Revision of the Heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 9 (10): 511–644.


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