Theretra oldenlandiae oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775)

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh & Fric, Zdeněk Faltýnek, 2021, Checklist of the family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) from Shirui Hills, Manipur, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1), pp. 173-194 : 186-187

29. Theretra oldenlandiae oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775) - White-Banded Hunter Hawkmoth ( Figure 3 : K)

1775. Sphinx oldenlandiae Fabricius, Syst. Ent. : 542.

Material examined: INDIA, Manipur, Ukhrul District, Shirui Hills, Site 1 (25.1264ºN 94.4357ºE), 1930 m asl ,

20.vi.2019 - 1♂, IJ2501, 23.vii.2019 - 1♂, IJ1420, coll. J.S. Irungbam.

Wingspan: ♂, 62 mm. Forewing length: 30 mm. Distribution: India: Andaman Islands ( Chandra, 1994); Arunachal Pradesh ( Athreya, 2013); Assam ( Arandhara et al., 2017); Chattishgarh, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Manipur, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh ( Shubhalaxmi et al., 2011); Delhi ( Paul et al., 2017); Himachal Pradesh, Punjab ( Pathania et al., 2014); Jharkhand ( Sambath, 2014, Singh et al., 2017a, 2017b); Karnataka (Melichar et al., 2018); Madhya Pradesh ( Chandra et al., 2013); Meghalaya ( Mandal and Ghosh, 1999); Sikkim ( Khan and Raina, 2017); Tripura ( Mandal et al., 2000); Uttarakhand ( Smetacek, 1994, 2008); West Bengal ( Shah et al., 2018). Elsewhere: Pakistan ( Rafi et al., 2014); Nepal ( Kishida, 1998); Bhutan (Irungbam andIrungbam, 2019); Sri Lanka, northern Afghanistan, Myanmar, China, South Korea, Japan, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, eastern Russia ( Pittaway and Kitching, 2020); Laos ( Kishida and Yano, 2020); Hong Kong ( Kendrick and Young, 2014); the Philippines ( Hogenes, 1998).

Larval hostplants: Careya spp. ( Lecythidaceae ) in India ( Bell and Scott, 1937).

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.

Figures

Figure 3. Image of adult Sphingidae: A. Acosmeryx naga naga (Moore, (1858)); B. A. pseudonaga Butler, 1881; C. Deilephila elpenor macromera (Butler, 1875); D. Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758); E. H. rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892); F. Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758); G. T. clotho clotho (Drury, 1773); H. T. tibetiana Vaglia and Haxaire, 2010; I. T. lucasii (Walker, 1856); J. T. nessus nessus (Drury, 1773); K. T. oldenlandiae oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775); L. T. pallicosta (Walker, 1856); M. Cechetra lineosa (Walker, 1856); N. C. minor (Butler, 1875); O. Rhagastis albomarginatus albomarginatus (Rothschild, 1894); P. R. castor aurifera (Butler, 1875); Q. R. confusa Rothschild and Jordan, 1903; R. R. olivacea (Moore, 1857).