Hippotion rosetta, Swinhoe, 1892

Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Sultan, Amir, Kitching, Ian J., Pittaway, Anthony R., Markhasiov, Maxim, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Naz, Falak, 2014, The Hawkmoth Fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Zootaxa 3794 (3), pp. 393-418 : 406

H. rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892)

Plate 3, Fig. 45

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Punjab,] Rawalpindi, xi. 1889 ( BMNH).

Remarks. This species was recorded in Pakistan from Karachi by Younus & Kamaluddin (2010). Hippotion rosetta has a similar distribution to H. boerhaviae , but has reached more offshore and oceanic islands (e.g. the Maldives, Cocos Islands, the Ryukyu Archipelago and Palau), although it has yet to be recorded from New Caledonia; it has also colonized Hawaii ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013). Adults can only be reliably distinguished from H. boerhaviae by examination of the male genitalia; the larvae are more distinct.