{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = Cephonodes trochilus.JPG | image_caption = | taxon = Cephonodes trochilus | authority = (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Cephonodes/trochilus.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914171103/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Cephonodes/trochilus.html|archivedate=2012-09-14|url-status=dead|title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-10-19}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Macroglossum trochilus'' <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1843</small> *''Macroglossum cynniris'' <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1844</small> }} '''''Cephonodes trochilus''''' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is often found in Mauritius.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Carcasson |first=R. H. |author-link=Robert Herbert Carcasson |date=1967 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up |title=Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species |journal=Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=1–173 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref>
The wingspan is 38–41 mm. It is very similar to ''Cephonodes tamsi'', but distinguishable by the brownish rather than reddish upperside of the abdomen. The upperside of the head, thorax and wing bases are unicolorous green. The abdomen is uniformly brownish. The underside of the thorax and abdomen are uniform orange-yellow, the anal tuft yellow and the tip orange-brown, laterally partly black.
The larvae feed on ''Rubia'' and ''Galium'' species.
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Category:Cephonodes Category:Moths described in 1843 Category:Moths of Africa Category:Moths of Mauritius Category:Taxa named by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
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