Pergesa

Short description: Genus of moths

Green pergesa hawkmoth

Scientific classification
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Animalia

Phylum:  |

Arthropoda

Class:  |

Insecta

Order:  |

Lepidoptera

Family:  |

Sphingidae

Subfamily:  |

Macroglossinae

Genus:  |

Pergesa

Walker, 1856

Species:  |

P. acteus

Binomial name
Pergesa acteus

Synonyms

* Generic
* Rhyncholaba Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
* Specific
* Sphinx acteus Cramer, 1779
* Panacra butleri Rothschild, 1894

Pergesa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. Its only species, Pergesa acteus, the green pergesa hawkmoth, was described by Pieter Cramer in 1779.[1]

## Distribution

It is found in Sri Lanka, India , Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, eastern and southern China , Taiwan, Japan (the Ryukyu Archipelago), Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi) and the Philippines .

## Description

The wingspan is 64–80 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen are purplish grey, which differs from Theretra nessus. Vertex of head and a dorso-lateral stripe to thorax and abdomen is green. Forewings are purplish grey with a green oblique central area from below apex to inner margin with some indistinct lines on it. There is an irregular dark outer area with some yellow inside it. Hindwings with anal patch and submarginal band are pointed.[2]

Larvae are greenish with a dark dorsal line, and a subdorsal pale line on thoracic somites. The fourth somite has a large ocellus, which is white ringed with brown and centered with blue and green.[3] The ocelli on the fifth to tenth somites are bluish with yellow centers. Lateral area is greenish and horn is yellowish. The caterpillars feed on Alocasia odora, Syngonium podophyllum, Amorphophallus, Arisaema, Caladium, Colocasia, Dieffenbachia, Begonia, Commelina, Leea, Cissus and Vitis species.[4]

* Male dorsal

* Male △ ventral

* Female dorsal

* Female △ ventral

* Eggs

* Caterpillar

* Caterpillar

* Caterpillar with extended eyespot

* Caterpillar with eyespots in their resting state

* Front view with the head and the thoracic segments retracted into the body.

* Dorsal view of Pergesa acteus caterpillar.

* Pergesa acteus caterpillar from one side

* Pupa

* Imago side

## References

1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Pergesa Walker, 1856". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/macroglossinae/pergesa/. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
2. ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1892). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180068#page/5/mode/1up.
3. ↑ Leong, T. M.; D'Rozario, V.. "Larval Development and Metamorphosis of the Hawkmoth, Pergesa acteus (Cramer) in Singapore (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae)". National University of Singapore. http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nis/bulletin2009/2009nis329-338.pdf. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
4. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Pergesa acteus (Cramer, 1779) -- Green pergesa hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/p_act.htm. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

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