Theretra
Encyclopedia
Theretra is a genus of moth
s in the Sphingidae
family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
family.
Species
- Theretra acutaTheretra acutaTheretra acuta is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Philippines and Indonesia....
- Vaglia & Liyous, 2010 - Theretra alectoTheretra alectoTheretra alecto, known as the Levant Hawk Moth, is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in the Indomalaya ecozone and warm parts of the Palearctic ecozone, including extreme south-eastern Europe.The wingspan is 75-106 mm....
- (Linnaeus 1758) - Theretra aloricaTheretra aloricaTheretra alorica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Alor Island, part of the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010 - Theretra arfakmontensisTheretra arfakmontensisTheretra arfakmontensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Irian Jaya in Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010 - Theretra baliensisTheretra baliensisTheretra baliensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Bali in Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010 - Theretra boisduvaliiTheretra boisduvaliiTheretra boisduvalii is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from south-eastern Iran, east to Sri Lanka and through the highlands of the Himalaya to south-east Asia and Borneo. They sometimes stray into Turkey and Greece....
- (Bugnion 1839) - Theretra cajusTheretra cajusTheretra cajus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.The abdomen upperside has two strong white longitudinal lines, which are fused at the anterior and posterior margins of each segment, giving the appearance of a chain...
- (Cramer 1777) - Theretra capensisTheretra capensisTheretra capensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from woodland and open habitats from the Cape to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique and East Africa....
- (Linnaeus 1764) - Theretra castaneaTheretra castaneaTheretra castanea is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in India.The ground colour of both upperside and underside are very variable, the upperside sometimes more, sometimes less reddish, the underside varying from orange to pale tawny. The hindwing upperside is uniformly dark tawny-olive...
- (Moore 1872) - Theretra catherinaeTheretra catherinaeTheretra catherinae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sulawesi in Indonesia....
- Vaglia & Kitching, 2010 - Theretra celataTheretra celataTheretra celata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Moluccas east to Vanuatu and south to Australia. It is often treated as a subspecies of Theretra clotho....
- (Butler, 1877) - Theretra clothoTheretra clothoTheretra clotho is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Sri Lanka, India , Nepal and Myanmar, east through China to Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, and then south-east through South East Asia as far as the Lesser Sunda Islands and Timor in Indonesia...
- (Drury 1773) - Theretra floresicaTheretra floresicaTheretra floresica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Flores, part of the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010 - Theretra galaTheretra galaTheretra gala is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Indonesia.The forewing upperside is very similar to Theretra indistincta manuselensis but the ground colour is darker and deeper. The forewing underside basal area is the same pale colour as the rest of the wing, except for a small...
- Cadiou, 1999 - Theretra gnomaTheretra gnomaTheretra gnoma is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from India.It is very similar to Theretra clotho clotho, but paler. The hindwing upperside has a pale marginal area which is more extensive than in Theretra clotho clotho, nearly as broad as in Theretra clotho celata....
- (Fabricius 1775) - Theretra griseomarginataTheretra griseomarginataTheretra griseomarginata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from India.The antenna are long, reaching beyond the apex of the forewing discal cell. The abdomen upperside has a single, narrow longitudinal white line. The forewing upperside has a diagnostic whitish submarginal band that...
- (Hampson 1898) - Theretra halimuniTheretra halimuniTheretra halimuni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Java in Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010 - Theretra hausmanniTheretra hausmanniTheretra hausmanni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sulawesi in Indonesia.The wingspan is 71-81 mm for males and 76-82 mm for females. It is very similar to Theretra manilae but distinguishable by its larger size...
- Eitschberger, 2000 - Theretra improvisaTheretra improvisaTheretra improvisa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Bioko.The wingspan is about 50 mm. The forewings are very broad and the outer margin is strongly convex. The apex is sharply pointed and the inner margin strongly concave before the tornus. The upperside of the head and thorax...
- Darge, 2006 - Theretra incarnataTheretra incarnataTheretra incarnata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Indonesia.The abdomen upperside is lacking a pair of black lateral patches at the base . The forewing upperside is most similar to Theretra clotho clotho but distinguishable by the much stronger dark oblique postmedian line....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Theretra indistinctaTheretra indistinctaTheretra indistincta is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and the Bismarck Archipelago....
- (Butler 1877) - Theretra inornataTheretra inornataTheretra inornata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland.The upperside is uniformly olive-green or brown with a minimum of forewing pattern. The antenna have pinkish white dorsal scaling, with a black apical patch...
- (Walker 1865) - Theretra insignisTheretra insignisTheretra insignis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Indonesia.It is very similar to Theretra kuehni but larger and the forewings are more pointed. The upperside of the abdomen has two strong white dorsal lines, sometimes partly fused...
- (Butler 1882) - Theretra insularisTheretra insularisTheretra insularis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Philippines, north-eastern Borneo, the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Fiji.-Subspecies:...
- (Swinhoe 1892) - Theretra japonicaTheretra japonicaTheretra japonica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Japan, China, Korea and Russia.The wingspan is 55-80 mm. The moth flies from May to September depending on the location.The caterpillars feed on a wide range of plants...
- (Boisduval 1869) - Theretra jugurthaTheretra jugurthaTheretra jugurtha is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from wooded areas in tropical Africa.The length of the forewings is 37-45 mm. The body and forewings are ochreous olive. The hindwings are dark brown, very much like a large version of Hippotion irregularis.The larvae feed on Vitis...
- (Boisduval 1875) - Theretra kuehniTheretra kuehniTheretra kuehni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Indonesia.It is very similar to Theretra insignis but smaller and the forewings are less pointed. The forewing upperside is as in Theretra insignis, but the silvery-white band between the third and fifth postmedian lines is more...
- Rothschild, 1900 - Theretra latreilliiTheretra latreilliiThe Pale Brown Hawk Moth, Theretra latreillii, is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in most of Asia, including Borneo, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Taiwan and also in the tropical regions of Australia....
- (WS Macleay 1826) - Theretra lifuensisTheretra lifuensisTheretra lifuensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Loyalty Islands.The length of the forewings is 33.8-37.3 mm for males and about 40.1 mm for females. It is similar to Theretra clotho celata but distinguishable by the pink tone of the median band of the hindwing upperside....
- Rothschild, 1894 - Theretra lomblenicaTheretra lomblenicaTheretra lomblenica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Lomblen Island in Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010 - Theretra lombokensisTheretra lombokensisTheretra lombokensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Lombok in Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010 - Theretra lycetusTheretra lycetusTheretra lycetus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from south-east Asia, including Malaysia, Thailand, India and Indonesia....
- (Cramer 1775) - Theretra manilaeTheretra manilaeTheretra manilae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Philippines.The wingspan is 71-75 mm. It resembles a small, deeper green Theretra rhesus but the forewings are shorter and squarer and the outer margin is less convex. The green colour is often replaced by brown, probably as...
- Clark 1922 - Theretra mansoniTheretra mansoniTheretra mansoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from India.The length of the forewings is about 31 mm. It is very similar to Theretra alecto and is probably no more than a melanic variation of this species. The difference between the two species is the ground colour of the...
- Clark 1924 - Theretra margarita - (Kirby 1877)
- Theretra molopsTheretra molopsTheretra molops is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea.It is intermediate in appearance between Theretra clotho celata and Theretra queenslandi. The abdomen has a pair of basal olive-brown lateral patches that are continued posteriorly as indistinct bands, gradually...
- Jordan 1926 - Theretra monteironisTheretra monteironisTheretra monteironis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from dry habitas from KwaZulu-Natal to eastern Kenya.The length of the forewings is 20-23 mm and the wingspan is 48-62 mm. It is very similar to Theretra perkeo, but the ground colour is pale brown without a trace of pink...
- (Butler 1882) - Theretra muricolorTheretra muricolorTheretra muricolor is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea.It is very similar to Theretra queenslandi but smaller and the forewing ground colour is pale grey. The forewing upperside is as in Theretra queenslandi, but the ground colour is pale silvery-grey....
- Jordan 1926 - Theretra natashaeTheretra natashaeTheretra natashae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Indonesia.It is most similar to Theretra incarnata but distinguishable by the white outer margins to the tegulae, the much larger discal spot on the forewing upperside and the pair of black basal patches on the upperside of the...
- Cadiou 1995 - Theretra nessusTheretra nessusThe Yam Hawk Moth is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in Sri Lanka, India , Nepal, Burma, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, northern Australia and New Caledonia...
- (Drury 1773) - Theretra oldenlandiae - (Fabricius 1775)
- Theretra orpheusTheretra orpheusTheretra orpheus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from most of Africa.The length of the forewings is 22-26 mm. The forewings are narrow and long, the termen rounded, espcially in females, the apex is not very acute. The body is dark brown to dark grey, with numerous paler...
- (Herrich-Schaffer 1854) - Theretra pallicostaTheretra pallicostaTheretra pallicosta is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Sri Lanka and India, east through Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar to Hong Kong and Taiwan and south through Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to Peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia .The wingspan is 70-90 mm...
- (Walker 1856) - Theretra pantaricaTheretra pantaricaTheretra pantarica is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Pantar in Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010 - Theretra perkeoTheretra perkeoTheretra perkeo is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the arid areas north of the equatorial forest belt, from Senegal to northern Uganda....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Theretra polistratusTheretra polistratusTheretra polistratus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea.It is an unmistakable species, characterized by three continuous dark green dorsal lines extending from the anterior edge of the mesothorax to the tip of the abdomen...
- Rothschild 1904 - Theretra queenslandiTheretra queenslandiTheretra queenslandi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from New South Wales and Queensland.The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults have light brown forewings with a dark stripe running from the base to the apex. There is a dark dot near the middle of the costa. The hindwings are darker...
- (Lucas 1891) - Theretra radiosaTheretra radiosaTheretra radiosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea and Queensland.Adults have brown wings with a darker submarginal band, and a dark dot near the centre of the costa of each forewing....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1916 - Theretra rhesusTheretra rhesusTheretra rhesus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Malaysia , Indonesia and the Philippines....
- (Boisduval 1875) - Theretra silhetensisTheretra silhetensisTheretra silhetensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It lives in Southeast Asia and the East Indies.The wingspan is 60-72 mm.Larvae have been recorded feeding on Colocasia antiquorum and Ludwigia species in southern China, Colocasia esculenta in Japan, Ludwigia repens and Boerhavia species in...
- (Walker 1856) - Theretra suffusaTheretra suffusaTheretra suffusa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, Thailand, southern China, Taiwan, southern Japan , Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Andaman Islands, Malaysia , Singapore, Indonesia and Palawan.The wingspan is 80-102 mm...
- (Walker 1856) - Theretra sugiiTheretra sugiiTheretra sugii is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Philippines.The length of the forewings is 40-43 mm. It differs from all other Theretra species in the forewing shape, which is acute apically, concave below the apex on the outer margin and rounded at the tornus, giving a very...
- Cadiou 1995 - Theretra sumatrensisTheretra sumatrensisTheretra sumatrensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from south-east Asia....
- (Joicey & Kaye, 1917) - Theretra sumbaensisTheretra sumbaensisTheretra sumbaensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from western Sumba in Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010 - Theretra tabibulensisTheretra tabibulensisTheretra tabibulensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from New Guinea.The length of the forewings is 32.5–38.7 mm for males and 34.2–40.7 for females...
- Lachlan, 2009 - Theretra tessmanniTheretra tessmanniTheretra tessmanni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Cameroon and Nigeria.The wingspan is 68-80 mm for males and 80-90 mm for females. It is extremely similar to Theretra jugurtha jugurtha but the ground colour of the upperside of the body and forewings is yellowish- grey with...
- Gehlen 1927 - Theretra tibetianaTheretra tibetianaTheretra tibetiana is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from south-east Asia....
- Vaglia & Haxaire, 2010 - Theretra timorensisTheretra timorensisTheretra timorensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Timor in Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010 - Theretra tomasiTheretra tomasiTheretra tomasi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Senegal....
- Haxaire & Melichar, 2008 - Theretra tryoniTheretra tryoniTheretra tryoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea, Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales.The wingspan is about 70 mm. Adults are plain brown, with a few faint dark dots....
- (Miskin 1891) - Theretra turneriTheretra turneriTheretra turneri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Queensland.The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults have light brown forewings with a number of dark brown markings. They have plain brown hindwings....
- (Lucas 1891) - Theretra viridisTheretra viridisTheretra viridis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from São Tomé and Príncipe.The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewing upperside ground colour is dark green. The fifth postmedian line is strongly developed and dentate on the veins, each vein highlighted by a short pale streak...
- Basquin 1992 - Theretra wetanensisTheretra wetanensisTheretra wetanensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Wetan Island, part of the Moluccas in Indonesia....
- Eitschberger, 2010