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Polyptychus dentatus

Synonyms: Polyptychus denticulatus; Polyptychus modesta; Polyptychus timesius

Wikipedia Abstract

Polyptychus dentatus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sri Lanka, tropical India and tropical Pakistan. The wingspan is 92–120 mm. The forewing upperside ground colour is grey-brown with darker brown transverse lines. The antemedian, postmedian and submarginal lines are well-developed and almost straight. The median line is sinuous and inconspicuous. There is a strongly serrate line present between the postmedian and submarginal lines.
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Prey / Diet

Cordia dichotoma (fragrant manjack)[1]
Cordia scabra (largeleaf geigertree)[1]
Cordia subcordata (kou)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0