Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875)

Shimizu, So, Chen, Hsuan-Pu, Lin, Kai-Ti, Chen, Ren-Jye, Fujie, Shunpei, Hung, Su-Chuan, Lo, Mei-Ling, Tsai, Ke-Hsiung & Maeto, Kaoru, 2023, Online citizen sciences reveal natural enemies and new occurrence data of Meteorus stellatus Fujie, Shimizu & Maeto, 2021 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Euphorinae), Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 103436-103436 : 103436

Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceRemarks: Moth larva and its parasitoid (Meteorus stellatus) were observed.; recordedBy: Mei-Ling Lo ; lifeStage: larva; occurrenceID: BC78F277-9BE8-5FEF-8EC4-A56BD39AF4A4; Taxon : scientificName: Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875); acceptedNameUsage: Cechetra minor (Butler, 1875); originalNameUsage: Chaerocampa minor Butler , 1875; kingdom: Animalia ; phylum: Arthropoda ; class: Insecta ; order: Lepidoptera ; family: Sphingidae ; genus: Cechetra ; specificEpithet: minor; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Butler ; vernacularName: 背線天蛾; nomenclaturalCode: ICZN; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location : continent: Asia ; islandGroup: Taiwan; island: Taiwan; country: Taiwan; countryCode: TW; stateProvince: Taoyuan; municipality: Fuxing ; locality: Xiaoyun Elementary School , Xiayun ; Identification : identifiedBy: Mei-Ling Lo ; dateIdentified: 2022; identificationReferences: Chen 1994, Wang 1995; Event : eventDate: 14/07/2012; year: 2012; month: 7; day: 14; Record Level: type: StillImage; language: zh; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation; source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/588350308851792/permalink/627584148261741 /

Taxon discussion

The larva of this species was identified, based on Chen (1994) and Wang (1995).

Notes

Newly recognised as a host of M. stellatus .