Theretra nessus nessus (Drury, 1773)
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Theretra nessus nessus (Drury, 1773) |
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28. Theretra nessus nessus (Drury, 1773) View in CoL - Orange-Sided Hunter Hawkmoth ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 : J)
1773. Sphinx nessus Drury, Illust. nat. Hist. exot. Insects, 2: index (91).
Material examined: INDIA, Manipur, Ukhrul District, Shirui Hills, Site 3 (25.1171ºN 94.4456ºE), 2190 m asl GoogleMaps ,
13.ix.2019 - 1♂, IJ2498, coll. J.S. Irungbam.
Wingspan: ♂, 107 mm. Forewing length: 49 mm.
Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( Chandra 1994); Arunachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand ( Sanyal et al., 2018); Assam ( Arandhara et al., 2017); Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh ( Shubhalaxmi et al., 2011); Jharkhand ( Sambath, 2014, Singh et al., 2017a, 2017b); Kerala ( Sondhi et al., 2018); Karnataka (Melichar et al., 2018); Meghalaya ( Mandal et al., 2000); Himachal Pradesh, Punjab ( Pathania et al., 2014); Rajasthan ( Sharma, 2014); Sikkim ( Dudgeon, 1886, Khan and Raina, 2017); Tamil Nadu ( Iyer and Kitching, 2019); Tripura ( Mandal et al., 2000); West Bengal ( Shah et al., 2018). Elsewhere: Bhutan ( Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019); Nepal ( Kishida, 1998); Myanmar, southern China, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sundaland ( Pittaway and Kitching, 2020); Hong Kong ( Kendrick, 2002); Thailand ( Inoue et al., 1997); Vietnam ( Kitching and Spitzer, 1995); Taiwan (Wu et al., 2020); the Philippines ( Hogenes, 1998).
Larval host-plants: Amaranthus sp. ( Amaranthaceae ), Barringtonia sp. ( Lecythidaceae ), Dioscorea sp. ( Dioscoreaceae ), Amorphophallus sp. ( Araceae ), Impatiens sp. ( Balsaminaceae ), Citrullus sp. ( Cucurbitaceae ), Boerhavia sp. ( Nyctaginaceae ), Knoxia sp. ( Rubiaceae ), Morinda sp. ( Rubiaceae ), Oldenlandia sp. ( Rubiaceae ), Pongamia sp. ( Fabaceae ), Spermacoce sp. ( Rubiaceae ), Glossostigma sp. ( Phrymaceae ) and Camellia sp. ( Theaceae ) ( Pittaway and Kitching, 2020).
Remarks: Shubhalaxmi et al. (2011) have mentioned the presence of the species in Manipur. The present record from Shirui Hills, confirms its presence in Manipur.
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