Ambulyx canescens
| Ambulyx canescens | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Ambulyx |
| Species: | A. canescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Ambulyx canescens Walker, [1865][1] | |
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Ambulyx canescens is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Philippines.
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It is considered a forest pest, because its larvae feed on the leaves of young Dryobalanops lanceolata. Larvae have also been reared on Shorea lepidota.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
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