| Theretra nessus | (Drury, 1773) |
TL: [India, Tamil Nadu,] Madras [Chennai]
85-130 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishGreater Yam Hawkmoth EnglishYam Hawkmoth 
中文青背斜纹天蛾 
日本語キイロスズメ
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Amaranthaceae Amaranthus Amaranth Araceae Amorphophallus Balsaminaceae Impatiens Balsam Cucurbitaceae Citrullus Dioscoreaceae Dioscorea Fabaceae Pongamia Lecythidaceae Barringtonia Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia Spiderlings Phrymaceae Glossostigma Rubiaceae Knoxia Rubiaceae Morinda Rubiaceae Oldenlandia Rubiaceae Spermacoce False buttonweed Theaceae Camellia
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Sphinx nessus Drury, 1773 Sphinx equestris Fabricius, 1793
- Links
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Language Website Authors Japanese Moths 
Lepiforum e. V. Moths of India Silk Moths Bill Oehlke Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic Tony Pittaway Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory Ian Kitching The insects of Papua Indonesia Jan Moonen
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