title: Neogurelca hyas
text: # Neogurelca hyas
  
  Neogurelca hyas, the even-banded hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  It is known from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, central and southern China, Taiwan, southern Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) and the Philippines.
  
  ## Description
  
  The wingspan is 34–40 mm.
  
  * Male dorsal
  * Male ventral
  * Brun form of caterpillar
  
  ## Biology
  
  It is a crepuscular species which visits flowers, such as Duranta erecta in Hong Kong, before it is fully dark. The larvae have been recorded feeding on Paederia scandens and Serissa foetida in southern China, Paederia foetida in northeastern India and Morinda species in southern India.
  
  