Meganoton nyctiphanes (Walker, 1856)

Kaustubh, Kumar, Singh, Navneet, Joshi, Rahul & Mahboob Hassan, S. M., 2022, A preliminary Checklist of Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) from Saranda forest division, Jharkhand, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 122 (4), pp. 433-445 : 443

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i4/2022/167886
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7B1D87EA-FF88-FFB7-FCB5-DE3CC5A5FCFF
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Meganoton nyctiphanes (Walker, 1856)
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Treatment

25. Meganoton nyctiphanes (Walker, 1856) View in CoL (Plate 4: Figure 24 View Figures 20-25. 20 )

Material Examined: India: Jharkhand, Saranda Forest, Kiriburu (22˚07.066’N; 85˚17.831’E), 897.7 masl ,

07.viii.2019 - 1ex. (Coll. by K. Kaustubh).

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma / Myanmar, Southeastern China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra) and the Philippines (Palawan) (Chandra, et al., 2014, Pittaway and Kitching, 2020).

Host Plant: Symphorema involucratum (Verbenaceae) and Verbena officinalis Linnaeus ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2020).