Enpinanga borneensis

Enpinanga borneensis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Thailand, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan) and the Philippines (Palawan).[2]

Enpinanga borneensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Enpinanga
Species:
E. borneensis
Binomial name
Enpinanga borneensis
(Butler, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Angonyx borneensis Butler, 1879
  • Daphnis labuana Rothschild, 1895

Description of adults

Adults are strongly sexually dimorphic.

  • Male dorsal
  • Male ventral

Larvae

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Dillenia (such as Dillenia suffruticosa in Singapore) and Tetracera species.

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Enpinanga borneensis (Butler, 1879)". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.