Degmaptera mirabilis

Species of moth

Degmaptera mirabilis

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Sphingidae

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Degmaptera

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D. mirabilis

Binomial name
Degmaptera mirabilis

(Rothschild, 1894)[1]

Synonyms

* Cypa mirabilis Rothschild, 1894

Degmaptera mirabilis, the variegated hawkmoth, is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, northern Thailand, Anhui in China and Taiwan.[2] The habitat consists of high altitude evergreen oak forests.

The wingspan is 44–82 mm. The hindwing costal edge is excavated resulting in a conspicuous subapical lobe, which projects anteriorly. There is a central row of pale golden dots on the abdomen upperside and a fawn-colored band on the forewing upperside.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Quercus fenestrata in the Khasi Hills in India

* Male

* Male underside

## References[edit]

1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Smerinthulus mirabilis mirabilis (Rothschild, 1894) -- Variegated hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 15, 2018.

Taxon identifiers

Degmaptera mirabilis|

* Wikidata: Q1978600
* BioLib: 624053
* BOLD: 75670
* EoL: 505686
* GBIF: 1861752
* iNaturalist: 733935
* IRMNG: 10470038
* NCBI: 1086280

Cypa mirabilis|

* Wikidata: Q55626510
* CoL: 96JMW

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