Coffee Bean Hawkmoth from Java

Subject: what bug is this
Location: Central Java, Indonesia
January 20, 2015 8:42 am
Found this in my in-law’s garden
Signature: ADP

Coffee Bean Hawkmoth

Dear ADP,
This is a diurnal Sphinx Moth known as the Coffee Bean Hawkmoth, Cephanodes hylas, and it is found in Africa, Asia and Australia.   Here is an image from India Nature Watch.

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