Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Sultan, Amir, Kitching, Ian J., Pittaway, Anthony R., Markhasiov, Maxim, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Naz, Falak, 2014, The Hawkmoth Fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Zootaxa 3794 (3), pp. 393-418 : 409

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.4
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scientific name	Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Plate 3, Fig. 57

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Azad Jammu and Kashmir,] Rawalakot, 1999, M. Rafique Khan; Islamabad, July, 2006, collector not known; NARC, 26. vii. 2003, collector not known; NARC, 0 7. ix. 2005, Akram; NARC, 16. vii. 2006, Falak Naz; NARC, 13. ix. 2006, M. Boota; NARC, 14. ix. 2006, collector not known; NARC, 18. iv. 2006, Amjad Bukhari; as previous except 28. ix. 2006; NARC, 19. v. 2009, M. Saeed.

Remarks. This species was reported in Pakistan from Lala Musa, Jehlum and Faisalabad by Mehmood et al. (1996), and from Peshawar and Rawalpindi by Mohyuddin (1987). Theretra alecto occurs from the Balkans east across the Middle East and Central Asia, then south of the Himalaya through India and Sri Lanka and South East Asia, to southern China, Taiwan and southern Japan; then southeast through the Philippines and the Indonesian Archipelago as far as the Moluccas ( Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).

References

Mehmood, K., Yousuf, M. & Naeem, M. (1996) The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Entomologist's Record, 108, 211 - 215.

Mohyuddin, A. I. (1987) A Catalogue of Insects and Mites in the Reference Collection of PARC-CIBC Station up to 1986. Vol. 1. Lepidoptera. Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, CAB International Institute of Biological Control, 34 pp.

Pittaway, A. R. & Kitching, I. J. (2013) Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Available from: http: // tpittaway. tripod. com / china / china. htm (accessed 1 December 2013)