Theretra
| Theretra | |
|---|---|
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| Theretra nessus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Subtribe: | Choerocampina |
| Genus: | TheretraHübner, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Choerocampa indistincta | |
| Synonyms | |
Theretra is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was established by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Species
- Theretra acutaVaglia & Liyous, 2010
- Theretra alecto(Linnaeus, 1758)
- Theretra aloricaEitschberger, 2010
- Theretra arfakmontensisEitschberger, 2010
- Theretra balienensisEitschberger, 2010
- Theretra boisduvalii(Bugnion, 1839)
- Theretra cajus(Cramer, 1777)
- Theretra capensis(Linnaeus, 1764)
- Theretra castanea(Moore, 1872)
- Theretra catherinaeVaglia & Kitching, 2010
- Theretra celata(Butler, 1877)
- Theretra clotho(Drury, 1773)
- Theretra floresicaEitschberger, 2010
- Theretra galaCadiou, 1999
- Theretra gnoma(Fabricius, 1775)
- Theretra griseomarginata(Hampson, 1898)
- Theretra halimuniEitschberger, 2010
- Theretra hausmanniEitschberger, 2000
- Theretra improvisaDarge, 2006
- Theretra incarnataRothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Theretra indistincta(Butler, 1877)
- Theretra inornata(Walker, 1865)
- Theretra insignis(Butler, 1882)
- Theretra insularis(C. Swinhoe, 1892)
- Theretra japonica(Boisduval, 1869)
- Theretra jugurtha(Boisduval, 1875)
- Theretra kuehniRothschild, 1900
- Theretra latreillii(W. S. Macleay, 1826)
- Theretra lifuensisRothschild, 1894
- Theretra lomblenicaEitschberger, 2010
- Theretra lombokensisEitschberger, 2010
- Theretra lycetus(Cramer, 1775)
- Theretra manilaeClark, 1922
- Theretra mansoniClark, 1924
- Theretra margarita(Kirby, 1877)
- Theretra molopsJordan, 1926
- Theretra monteironis(Butler, 1882)
- Theretra muricolorJordan, 1926
- Theretra natashaeCadiou, 1995
- Theretra nessus(Drury, 1773)
- Theretra oldenlandiae(Fabricius, 1775)
- Theretra orpheus(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
- Theretra pallicosta(Walker, 1856)
- Theretra pantaricaEitschberger, 2010
- Theretra papuensisEitschberger, 2009
- Theretra perkeoRothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Theretra polistratusRothschild, 1904
- Theretra queenslandi(Lucas, 1891)
- Theretra radiosaRothschild & Jordan, 1916
- Theretra rhesus(Boisduval, 1875)
- Theretra silhetensis(Walker, 1856)
- Theretra suffusa(Walker, 1856)
- Theretra sugiiCadiou, 1995
- Theretra sumatrensis(Joicey & Kaye, 1917)
- Theretra sumbaensisEitschberger, 2010
- Theretra tabibulensisLachlan, 2009[1]
- Theretra tessmanniGehlen, 1927
- Theretra tibetianaVaglia & Haxaire, 2010
- Theretra timorensisEitschberger, 2010
- Theretra tomasiHaxaire & Melichar, 2008
- Theretra tryoni(Miskin, 1891)
- Theretra turneri(Lucas, 1891)
- Theretra viridisBasquin, 1992
- Theretra wetanensisEitschberger, 2010
Ecology
Pollination
Several species of the genus Theretra, namely Theretra japonica and Theretra nessus, have been reported to pollinate the orchid species Vanda falcata.[2]
References
Wikispecies has information related to Theretra.
- ^ abLachlan, Robert B. (2009). "Two New Species of Gnathothlibus Wallengren from Fiji and Samoa and a New Species of Theretra Hübner from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)"(PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 61. Sydney: Australian Museum: 73–87. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.61.2009.1523. Archived from the original(PDF) on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^Suetsugu, K., Tanaka, K., Okuyama, Y., & Yukawa, T. (2015). "Potential pollinator of Vanda falcata (Orchidaceae): Theretra (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) hawkmoths are visitors of long spurred orchid." European Journal of Entomology, 112(2), 393.
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