The Hawkmoth Fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

Abstract

This study represents the first complete modern account of the Sphingidae of Pakistan and takes the form of an annotated checklist, based on several national collections and those of a number of individuals. Of the 60 species and subspecies found, 14 are new records to the fauna of Pakistan, namely Agnosia orneus, Langia zenzeroides subsp. zenzeroides, Polyptychus trilineatus subsp. trilineatus, Dolbina inexacta, Ambulyx sericeipennis subsp. sericeipennis, Thamnoecha uniformis, Macroglossum belis, Macroglossum stellatarum, Cechetra scotti, Hippotion boerhaviae, Hyles euphorbiae subsp. euphorbiae, Rhagastis olivacea, Rethera brandti subsp. euteles and Theretra latreillii subsp. lucasii. Anambulyx elwesi subsp. kitchingi and Clanis deucalion subsp. thomaswitti are not recognised as valid subspecies and are synonymized with their respective nominotypical subspecies. An additional list is given of 30 taxa which may yet be found in Pakistan as they are present in neighbouring countries close to the border. Of the species/subspecies found, 24 are part of the Palaearctic fauna, 27 are part of the Oriental fauna and nine are Palaeo-Oriental/Palaeotropical. This reconfirms the transitional biogeographical position of the Pakistan fauna.

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the hawk moth, Theretra oldenlandiae (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

“…The hawk moth, Theretra oldenlandiae (Fabricius) is distributed in southern and eastern Asia, and is an important insect pest that feeds on agricultural crops and ornamental plants (Sambath 2011;Rafi et al 2014;Rougerie et al 2014). Despite its economic importance, the mitogenome sequence of T. oldenlandiae so far remains unknown.…”

DIVERSITY OF MOTHS IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF DISTRICT BAGH, AZAD JAMMU & KASHMIR

“…The Plume moth (Hellinsia homodactyla) is reported as pest of vegetable crops from India (Rai et al, 2014) From the Family Sphingidae, six species were recorded. The geographic distribution of the three-lined velvet hawk moth (Clanis deucalion) was also confirmed by Rafi et al (2014). The waved sphinx moth (Ceratomia undulosa) adult is strictly nocturnal, hiding away as dawn approaches (Fullard et al, 2001).…”

Endemism of Sphinx Moth (Lepidoptera Sphingidae) in the Agroecosystem of Bacusanon, Pangantucan, Bukidnon, Philippines

“…As cited in the report of Rafi et al (2014), like all other organism, most Sphingidae are highly specialized due to the fact that each species live in accordance with the type of their habitat or environmental status like the availability of their suitable host plants as well as environmental factors like altitude, rainfall, sunshine and temperature. Some of the species of hawkmoths are benign in nature and some species possess economic importance.…”