Acherontia lachesis
TaxID: 1086102
Basic Information
Acherontia lachesis
Greater Death's Head Hawkmoth, bee robber
Acherontia lachesis, the greater death's head hawkmoth or bee robber, is a large (up to 13 cm wingspan) sphingid moth found in India, Sri Lanka and much of the East Asian region. It is one of the three species of death's-head hawkmoth genus, Acherontia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is nocturnal and very fond of honey; they can mimic the scent of honey bees so that they can enter a hive unharmed to get honey. Their tongue, which is stout and very strong, enables them to pierce the wax cells and suck the honey out. This species occurs throughout almost the entire Oriental region, from India, Pakistan and Nepal to the Philippines, and from southern Japan and the southern Russian Far East to Indonesia, where it attacks colonies of several different honey bee species. It has recently become established on the Hawaiian Islands.
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Taxonomic Information
Metazoa
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Sphingidae
Acherontia
lachesis
unclassified
Species
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Arthropods
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Morphological Features
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Host Plants (0 host plants)
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Quarantine Status (2 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | Absent | — |
| Guatemala | Absent | — |
Distribution (24 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | Present | — |
| Bhutan | Present | — |
| Cambodia | Present | — |
| China | Present | — |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Present | — |
| Germany | Present | — |
| United Kingdom | Present | — |
| Hong Kong, China | Present | — |
| Indonesia | Present | — |
| India | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
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Transcriptomes (0 records)
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