Checklist of the family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) from Shirui Hills, Manipur, India
Author
Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh
1,2 * & Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice - 37005, Czech Republic; Email: jatishwor. irungbam @ gmail. com & 1,2 * & Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice - 37005, Czech Republic; Email: zdfric @ gmail. com
Author
Fric, Zdeněk Faltýnek
1,2 * & Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice - 37005, Czech Republic; Email: zdfric @ gmail. com
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2021
121
1
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journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v121/i1/2021/153911
2581-8686
13186333
33.
Rhagastis albomarginatus albomarginatus
(
Rothschild, 1894
)
- Pale-Edged Mottled Hawkmoth (
Figure 3
: O)
1894.
Metopsilus albomarginatus
Rothschild,
Novitates Zoologicae
,
1
: 78.
Material examined:
INDIA
,
Manipur
,
Ukhrul District
,
Shirui Hills
,
Site
1 (
25.1264ºN
94.4357ºE
),
1930 m
asl
,
23.vii.2019
-
1 ♂
, IJ1419, coll. J.S. Irungbam.
Wingspan:
♂
,
70 mm
. Forewing length:
34 mm
.
Distribution
:
India
:
Arunachal Pradesh
(
Athreya, 2013
);
Manipur
;
Meghalaya
(
Chandra
et al.,
2014
);
Sikkim
(
Sanyal
et al.,
2018
).
Elsewhere
:
Nepal
(
Kishida, 1998
);
Bhutan
(
Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019
);
Hong Kong
(
Kendrick, 2002
;
Kendrick and Young, 2014
);
Myanmar
,
China
, Sumatra, Java, Borneo (
Pittaway and Kitching, 2020
).
Larval hostplants
:
Hydrangea
spp.
(
Hydrangeaceae
) in north-eastern
India
(
Bell and Scott, 1937
).
Remarks:
The species is recorded here for the first time from
Manipur
.