Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Hippotion rosetta | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hippotion Rank Species | |
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Similar Hippotion, Hippotion velox, Hippotion boerhaviae, Theretra clotho, Acosmeryx anceus | ||
Hippotion rosetta is a species of Sphingid moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from southern Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, east across Thailand, southern China and Taiwan to southern Japan (the Ryukyu Archipelago) and the Philippines, then south across south-east Asia to the Andaman Islands, eastern Indonesia, the Solomon Islands and the Torres Straits of New Guinea.
There are several generations per year in Hong Kong, with adults on from March to November, with peaks in late March, May and early October.
Larvae have been recorded on Borreria, Morinda citrifolia and Morinda umbellata, as well as Pentas lanceolata.
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