Coelonia fulvinotata
Illustration of Coelonia fulvinotata
Coelonia fulvinotata is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of moth ( Sphingidae ).
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Features
The moths have a forewing length of 43-64 millimeters. The body and the front wings are brown and have a black pattern. At the posterior end of the thorax there are two pink spots. The abdomen has yellow spots laterally. In the males, the forewings have about between the two outer thirds of a white, irregular line. The females have behind this line below the wing tip of a white faded stain. The hind wings are dark brown and have a yellow spot at the base. The males have a hairy scent organ, the one to push without the shed to the side but can not see well at the base of the front legs. The species has a certain similarity with the death's-head moth ( Acherontia atropos ), but has less yellow portions on the abdomen and on the hind wings. It lacks the typical for the similar style skull drawing on the thorax. The proboscis is very long.
The caterpillars have a variable body coloring. They are either green or green with purple diagonal stripes on the sides, or light to dark brown and then covered with white and dark brown spots. The three thoracic segments are yellowish on the back, arched and provided with warty outgrowths. The long Analhorn is curved and verrucose. The brown color variant provides an equally colored variant of the caterpillar of hawkmoth skull similar, but is slimmer and has a differently shaped Analhorn. The doll has a curved proboscis sheath.
Distribution and habitat
The species is widespread in much of Africa and Madagascar and Mauritius. They settled verbuschte habitats.
Food of the caterpillars
The caterpillars feed on as well as the similar death's-head moth of many different plant species. The species is on winches ( Convolvulus spp.), Ipomoea spp., Nightshade (Solanum spp.), Tobacco ( Nicotiana spp.), Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ), Cissus spp., Lachnopylas spp., Sage (Salvia spp. ) Pycnostachys spp., Tecomaria spp., Kordien ( Cordia spp.), Duranta, Coleus, Losbäumen ( Clerodendron spp.), dahlia (Dahlia spp.), lantana ( Lantana spp.), Bignonia, African tulip tree ( Spathodea campanulata ) and Podranea brycei detected.