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  2. Theretra alecto - Wikipedia

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    Theretra alecto, the Levant hawk moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae . Distribution

  3. Manduca quinquemaculata - Wikipedia

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    Manduca quinquemaculata, the five-spotted hawkmoth, is a brown and gray hawk moth of the family Sphingidae.The caterpillar, often referred to as the tomato hornworm, can be a major pest in gardens; they get their name from a dark projection on their posterior end and their use of tomatoes as host plants.

  4. Cephonodes hylas - Wikipedia

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    Cephonodes hylas, the coffee bee hawkmoth, pellucid hawk moth or coffee clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. A widely distributed moth, it is found in the Near East , Middle East , Africa, India , Sri Lanka , Japan , Southeast Asia and Australia .

  5. Sphingidae - Wikipedia

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    The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as hornworms. It includes about 1,450 species . [ 1 ] It is best represented in the tropics , but species are found in every region. [ 2 ]

  6. Theretra nessus - Wikipedia

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    It is found in Sri Lanka, India (including the Andaman and Nicobar islands), Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, northern Australia and New Caledonia. [2] It is a recent immigrant in Oahu. Yam Hawk-Moth

  7. Deilephila - Wikipedia

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    It consists of a small number of Palearctic species most of which have common names involving the phrase "elephant hawk moth". They include the elephant hawk moth, Deilephila elpenor; the small elephant hawk moth (D. porcellus) and the Chitral elephant hawk moth (D. rivularis). The oleander hawk moth is sometimes classified in this genus as D ...

  8. Theretra latreillii - Wikipedia

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    Theretra latreillii, the pale brown hawk moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae described by William Sharp Macleay in 1826. It is found in most of Asia, including Borneo , China , Hong Kong , the Philippines , Taiwan and also throughout the tropical and temperate regions of Australia .

  9. Hyles livornicoides - Wikipedia

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    The Australian striped hawk moth (Hyles livornicoides) is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by the Scottish-born Australian medical practitioner, naturalist, author, philosopher and utopianist; Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1892. [2]