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Green Hawk Moth Caterpillar

Pergesa acteus

Description:

Pergesa acteus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, eastern and southern China, Taiwan, Japan (the Ryukyu Archipelago), Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi) and the Philippines (Palawan). The wingspan is 64–80 mm. The caterpillars feed on Alocasia odora, Syngonium podophyllum, Amorphophallus, Arisaema, Caladium, Colocasia, Dieffenbachia, Begonia, Commelina, Leea, Cissus and Vitis species.

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6 Comments

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A very pretty caterpillar....

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Is this the one you saved from the gardener?

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

You can view the pupa (chrysalis) here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/119...

SachindraUmesh
SachindraUmesh 11 years ago

Great!! looking forward to seeing that as well =)

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

I'm not sure. Anyway, the pupa are still here. I will wait for it to emerge to have it identified

SachindraUmesh
SachindraUmesh 11 years ago

a hawkmoth Caterpillar maybe??

Jolly Ibañez
Spotted by
Jolly Ibañez

Zamboanga, Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 1, 2012
Submitted on Jul 3, 2012

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