Pseudodolbina fo
Male dorsal MHNT
Male ventral MHNT
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Pseudodolbina
Species:
P. fo
Binomial name
Pseudodolbina fo
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Zonilia fo Walker, 1856
  • Pseudodolbina veloxina Rothschild, 1894

Pseudodolbina fo, the acanthus hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Nepal, Bhutan and north-eastern India into Tibet.[2]

The wingspan is 60–68 mm. There is one generation per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Strobilanthes alatus and Strobilanthes dalhousianus in north-eastern India.

Subspecies

  • Pseudodolbina fo fo (Nepal, Bhutan and north-eastern India into Tibet, China)
  • Pseudodolbina fo celator Jordan, 1926 (India)

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Pseudodolbina fo fo (Walker, 1856) -- Acanthus hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.


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