Theretra pallicosta (Walker, 1856)
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30. Theretra pallicosta (Walker, 1856) View in CoL - White-Edged Hunter Hawkmoth ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 : L)
1856. Chaerocampa pallicosta Walker, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus ., 8: 145.
Material examined: INDIA, Manipur, Ukhrul District, Shirui Hills, Site 3 (25.1171ºN 94.4456ºE), 2190 m asl GoogleMaps ,
24.vii.2019 - 1♂, IJ1169, coll. J.S. Irungbam.
Wingspan: ♂, 77 mm. forewing length: 37 mm.
Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh ( Athreya, 2013); Karnataka (Melichar et al., 2018); Manipur; Meghalaya ( Mandal and Ghosh, 1999); Sikkim ( Dudgeon, 1886); Uttarakhand ( Smetacek, 1994, 2008; Sanyal et al., 2018). Elsewhere: Nepal ( Kishida, 1998); Thailand ( Inoue et al., 1997); Laos ( Kishida and Yano, 2020); Vietnam ( Kitching and Spitzer, 1995); Hong Kong ( Kendrick and Young, 2014); Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, peninsular Malaysia ( Pittaway and Kitching, 2020).
Larval hostplants: Aporosa spp. ( Phyllanthaceae ) in India and Myanmar ( Bell and Scott, 1937).
Remarks: The species is recorded here for the first time from Manipur.
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