Cephonodes hylas, the coffee bee hawkmoth, pellucid hawk moth or coffee clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1771. A widely distributed moth, it is found in the Near East, Middle East, Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Southeast Asia and Australia.
It has transparent wings and a stout body like a bumble bee. Its wingspan
of 1-2″/45–73 mm. Its marginal borders are very narrow and black. Abdomen
varies in color from yellow to green. Nominate subspecies has bright
reddish 3rd and 4th abdominal segments. Larva have two color forms,
green and blackish.
