Theretra nessus

Yam hawk moth
In Mangaon, Maharashtra, India
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Theretra
Species:
T. nessus
Binomial name
Theretra nessus
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx nessus Drury, 1773
  • Sphinx equestris Fabricius, 1793
  • Chaerocampa nessus rubicundus (Schaufuss, 1870)

Theretra nessus, the yam hawk moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Dru Drury in 1773.

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