Rhagastis velata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Genus
- Rhagastis
- Species
- Rhagastis velata
- Scientific Name
- Rhagastis velata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Rhagastis velata
Rhagastis velata, the veiled mottled hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, Thailand, central and southern China and Taiwan.
The wingspan is 66–74 mm. The upperside of the abdomen is without a pair of lateral golden stripes or (occasionally) with vestigial stripes on the posterior segments. The forewing upperside has four postmedian lines forming a conspicuous dark patch on the inner margin that is often continued towards the costa where it joins another (not always well-marked) patch near the discal spot. Two or three of the postmedian lines are usually strongly dentate. The forewing underside has a brown border.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Arisaema and Amorphophallus species in India.
...Rhagastis velata in languages:
- Chinese
- 隱紋白肩天蛾
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