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This (Male speceimen) is the first report from India.
The paper has been accepted in Transactions of the American Entomological Society, and will be online after few days.
The name of species is Laothoe witti
SS: Agree with ID. Afghan Polar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998
Laothoe philerema witti Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998, Herbipoliana 4(1): 123--124, pl. 9.
https://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/l_wit.htm
Riyaz, M., Mathew, P., Shiekh, T., Ignacimuthu, S. and Sivasankaran, K., 2021. First record of the Afghan Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger et al., 1998 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from India: a notable range extension for the genus. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(7), pp.18943-18946.
The paper has been accepted in Transactions of the American Entomological Society, and will be online after few days.
The name of species is Laothoe witti
SS: Agree with ID. Afghan Polar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998
Laothoe philerema witti Eitschberger, Danner & Surholt, 1998, Herbipoliana 4(1): 123--124, pl. 9.
https://tpittaway.tripod.com/sphinx/l_wit.htm
Riyaz, M., Mathew, P., Shiekh, T., Ignacimuthu, S. and Sivasankaran, K., 2021. First record of the Afghan Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger et al., 1998 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from India: a notable range extension for the genus. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(7), pp.18943-18946.
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Afaq Ahmad Dar
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Butterfly
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Month
July
Year
2021
Day
31
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