Theretra rhesus (Boisduval, 1875)

Ahmad, Jalil, Shah, Suresh Kr., Mishra, Purnendu, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, New record of moths (Lepidoptera) from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (1), pp. 13-20 : 17

Theretra rhesus (Boisduval, 1875) ( Figure 14 )

[1875]. Choerocampa rhesus Boisduval, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétéro., 1: 254.

Material examined: Bihar: VTR: Bhediyari gate, 09.x.2017, 01 ex., Goolar ghat, 11.x.2017, 02 ex., Naurangia Don, 13.x.2017, 01 ex. (Coll. Singh and Ahmad) .

Diagnosis: Wings much more heavily marked; dorsal lines of thorax more distinct. Forewing with six oblique lines; the first line reaching the inner margin almost at the wing base and the fourth line is thicker. A small black spot in the cell. Hindwing fuscous except some terminal area.

Distribution: India, Bihar (present study); Sumatra, Borneo, Solomans ( Holloway, 1987b).

Figures

Figures 8-14. Adults. 8, 9, Pingasa chloroides Galsworthy, 1998; 10, Spaniocentra kuniyukii Yazaki, 1994; 11, Corgatha tornalis Wileman, 1915; 12, Oruza crocodeta (Turner, 1903); 13, Xenochroa fulvescens (Warren, 1912); 14. Theretra rhesus (Boisduval, [1875]).