Acosmeryx naga naga (Moore, 1858)

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 : 183

19. Acosmeryx naga naga (Moore, 1858) - Common Forest Hawkmoth ( Figure 3 : A)

1858. Philampelus naga Moore , in Horsfield and Moore, Cat. lepid. Insects Mus. Hon. East-India Company, 1: 271.

Material examined: INDIA, Manipur, Ukhrul District, Shirui Hills, Site 1 (25.1264ºN 94.4357ºE), 1930 m asl, 23.vii.2019 - 6♂, IJ1393, IJ1394, IJ1395, IJ1396, IJ1397, IJ1430; Site 2 (25.1235ºN 94.4407ºE), 2036 m asl, 13.ix.2019 - 2♂, IJ1392, IJ2336; Site 3 (25.1171ºN

94.4456ºE), 2190 m asl, 24.vii.2019 - 2♂, IJ1151, 1152; Site 4 (25.1112ºN 94.4534ºE), 2425 m asl, 12.vii.2016 - 2♂, IJ336, 1J337, 25.vii.2019 - 2♂, 1♀, IJ1582, IJ1583, IJ584, coll. J.S. Irungbam.

Wingspan: ♂, 104 mm. Forewing length: 50 mm.

Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh ( Athreya, 2013); Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand ( Sanyal et al., 2018); Manipur; Meghalaya ( Mandal and Ghosh, 1999); Uttar Pradesh ( Smetacek, 1994, 2008); West Bengal ( Shah et al., 2018). Elsewhere: Northern Pakistan ( Rafi et al., 2014); Nepal ( Kishida, 1998); Bhutan ( Irungbam and Irungbam, 2019); northern Myanmar, Thailand ( Inoue et al., 1997); Laos ( Kishida and Yano, 2020); Vietnam ( Kitching and Spitzer, 1995); peninsular Malaysia (Borneo) ( Holloway, 1987); Taiwan ( Fu et al., 2013, Wu et al., 2020).

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).