Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892)

Irungbam, Jatishwor Singh & Fric, Zdeněk Faltýnek, 2021, Checklist of the family Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea) from Shirui Hills, Manipur, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 121 (1), pp. 173-194 : 184

23. Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892) - Swinhoe’s Striated Hawkmoth ( Figure 3 : E)

1892. Choerocampa rosetta Swinhoe, Cat. east. and Aust. Lepid. Heterocera Colln Oxf. Univ. Mus., 1: 16.

Material examined: INDIA, Manipur, Ukhrul District, Shirui Hills, Site 3 (25.1171ºN 94.4456ºE), 2190 m asl ,

24.vii.2019 - 1♂, IJ2295, coll. J.S. Irungbam.

Wingspan: ♂, 56 mm. Forewing length: 32 mm.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( Chandra and Kumar, 1992); Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Lakshadweep Island, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ( Shubhalaxmi et al., 2011); Karnataka (Melichar et al., 2018); Manipur; Meghalaya ( Mandal and Ghosh, 1999); Odisha ( Mandal and Maulik, 1991); Tamil Nadu ( Iyer and Kitching, 2019); Uttarakhand ( Smetacek, 1994, 2008; Sanyal et al., 2018). Elsewhere: Southern Pakistan ( Rafi et al., 2014); Bhutan ( Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019); Thailand ( Inoue et al., 1997); Hong Kong ( Kendrick and Young, 2014); Sri Lanka, eastern Indonesia, southern China, southern Japan, the Maldives Islands, the Solomon Islands, the Torres Straits of New Guinea, Hawaii ( Pittaway and Kitching, 2020); Taiwan ( Fu et al., 2013, Wu et al., 2020); the Philippines ( Hogenes, 1998).

Larval hostplants: Unknown in India.

Remarks: The species is recorded here for the first time from Manipur.

Figures

Figure 3. Image of adult Sphingidae: A. Acosmeryx naga naga (Moore, (1858)); B. A. pseudonaga Butler, 1881; C. Deilephila elpenor macromera (Butler, 1875); D. Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758); E. H. rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892); F. Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758); G. T. clotho clotho (Drury, 1773); H. T. tibetiana Vaglia and Haxaire, 2010; I. T. lucasii (Walker, 1856); J. T. nessus nessus (Drury, 1773); K. T. oldenlandiae oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775); L. T. pallicosta (Walker, 1856); M. Cechetra lineosa (Walker, 1856); N. C. minor (Butler, 1875); O. Rhagastis albomarginatus albomarginatus (Rothschild, 1894); P. R. castor aurifera (Butler, 1875); Q. R. confusa Rothschild and Jordan, 1903; R. R. olivacea (Moore, 1857).