Rank Species | Genus Leucophlebia Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Leucophlebia, Butterflies and moths, Hayesiana triopus, Elibia dolichus, Eumorpha analis | ||
Leucophlebia lineata (large candy-striped hawkmoth) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Thailand, eastern and southern China, Taiwan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular, Sarawak), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Flores, Sulawesi) and the Philippines. It is a minor pest of sugarcane.
Description
The wingspan is 62–82 mm. The forewing upperside is similar to other Leucophlebia species in having broad pinkish costal and outer marginal areas and a paler median band, but differs in having the hind margin paler, nearer the colour of the median band, and with some picked out in white. The larvae feed on coarse grasses of the Poaceae family.
In, The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-1, the species described as follows.