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
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journal article
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35.
Rhagastis confusa
Rothschild and Jordan, 1903
- Indistinct Mottled Hawkmoth (
Figure 3
: Q)
1903.
Rhagastis confusa
Rothschild
andJordan,
Novit. zool
.,
9
(suppl.): 793 (key), 795.
Material examined:
INDIA
,
Manipur
,
Ukhrul District
,
Shirui Hills
,
Site
3 (
25.1171ºN
94.4456ºE
),
2190 m
asl
,
13.ix.2019
-
2 ♂
, IJ2293, IJ2294, coll. J.S. Irungbam.
Wingspan:
♂
,
76 mm
. Forewing length:
37 mm
.
Distribution:
India
:
Arunachal Pradesh
(
Athreya, 2013
);
Assam
,
Himachal Pradesh
,
Sikkim
(
Chandra
et al
., 2014
);
Manipur
;
Meghalaya
(
Mandal and Ghosh, 1999
);
Uttarakhand
(
Smetacek, 1994
,
2008
);
West Bengal
(
Shah
et al
., 2018
).
Elsewhere
: Northern
Pakistan
(
Rafi
et al.,
2014
);
Nepal
(
Kishida, 1998
);
Bhutan
(
Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019
);
Thailand
(
Inoue
et al.,
1997
), southwestern
China
(
Pittaway and Kitching, 2020
); northern
Vietnam
(
Kitching and Spitzer, 1995
).
Larval hostplants
:
Vitis
spp.
(Vitiaceae) in
India
(
Bell and Scott, 1937
).
Remarks:
The species is recorded here for the first time from
Manipur
.