Theretra silhetensis

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Theretra silhetensis
Brown-Banded Hunter Hawkmoth Theretra silhetensis.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Theretra
Species:
T. silhetensis
Binomial name
Theretra silhetensis
(Walker, 1856) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa silhetensisWalker, 1856
  • Chaerocampa silhetensisSchaufuss, 1870
  • Chaerocampa bisectaMoore, 1858
  • Chaerocampa silhetensis intersectaButler, 1876
  • Theretra silhetensis aquilaLachlan & Moulds, 1996

Theretra silhetensis, the brown-banded hunter hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae described by Francis Walker in 1856. It lives in Indo-Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, East Australia, Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, Vanuatu Islands. [2]

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Description

The wingspan is 60–72 mm. Not to be confused with Theretra oldenlandiae in being very much paler in color and with a white line down the center of the abdomen. The forewing has a silvery line beyond the oblique brown band. Other parts are ochreous. Larvae are exceedingly variable, from yellow green and green to brown or greyish black ones. [3] But the commonly found color of larva is green with a reddish-brown dorsal area. There is a subdorsal paler line with equal-sized ocelli from 4th to 10th somites with green center. The horn is reddish brown as well. [4]

Ecology

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Colocasia antiquorum and Ludwigia species in southern China, Colocasia esculenta in Japan, Ludwigia repens and Boerhavia species in India and numerous other host plants from elsewhere, including Arum , Caladium , Pistia , Kochia , Ipomoea , Boerhavia, Ludwigia, Rosa and Trapa species. [5]

Subspecies

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References

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