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Polyptychus dentatus

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 23, 2025
Entity authorityQ2522643 ↗
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Polyptychus dentatus, the straight-lined crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known for being from Sri Lanka, tropical India and tropical Pakistan.

The wingspan is 92–120 mm.

In India, larvae have been recorded on Cordia dichotoma, Cordia sebestena and Ehretia laevis. Mature larvae are about 100 mm long.

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Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current 52-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Polyptychus, dentatus and species can be independently traced.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 23, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2522643. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Polyptychus dentatus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.