Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth
Hippotion rosetta
Name means: “named after Charles Swinhoe, who first described it in 1892”
Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth is a hawkmoth, a fast-flying moth with a strong body and narrow wings. It lives in warm parts of Asia and nearby islands. It is named after Charles Swinhoe, who first described it.
Lives in
From Pakistan and India across South-east Asia to the Solomon Islands
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Its caterpillars eat plants such as noni and pentas.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth about 45 km/h (28 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
In Hong Kong it flies from March to November, with several families of young each year.
2
It lives on many islands, even the Maldives and the Andaman Islands.
3
Its caterpillars feed on the noni plant and on pentas, a garden flower.
you asked
Most asked questions about Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth
?What does Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth eat?
Its caterpillars eat plants like noni and pentas.
?Where does Swinhoe's striated hawkmoth live?
In warm parts of Asia, from Pakistan to the Philippines and south to the Solomon Islands.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Hippotion rosetta
- Named by
- Swinhoe, 1892
- Group
- Moths
- Family
- Sphingidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Sphingidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Hippotion rosetta (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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