Pseudodolbina fo

Pseudodolbina fo
	Male dorsal MHNT
	Male ventral MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Pseudodolbina
Species:	P. fo
Binomial name
	Pseudodolbina fo; (Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
	Zonilia fo Walker, 1856 ; Pseudodolbina veloxina Rothschild, 1894 ;

Pseudodolbina fo, the acanthus hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Nepal, Bhutan and north-eastern India into Tibet.[2]

The wingspan is 60–68 mm. There is one generation per year.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Strobilanthes alatus and Strobilanthes dalhousianus in north-eastern India.

Subspecies

Pseudodolbina fo fo (Nepal, Bhutan and north-eastern India into Tibet, China)
Pseudodolbina fo celator Jordan, 1926 (India)

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Pseudodolbina fo fo (Walker, 1856) -- Acanthus hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.

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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

[2] Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Pseudodolbina fo fo (Walker, 1856) -- Acanthus hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 17, 2018.