Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Sphinginae > Sphingini > Sphinx
Sphinx oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) – Masson Pine Hawkmoth
First record from India, extending its known range westwards from Thailand.
- Images
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- Similiar species
- References
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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Arunachal Pradesh | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | ||||||||||||
All states |
Similiar species:
Sphinx bhutana
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/s_bhu.htm [accessed 08 January 2018]
List of Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 known from India.
Sphinx ligustri Linneaus, 1758, North Western India (Rafi et al., 2014).
Sphinx oberthueri (Rothschild and Jordan, 1903), Manipur (Pittaway and Kitching, 2020).
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/s_bhu.htm [accessed 08 January 2018]
List of Sphinx Linnaeus, 1758 known from India.
Sphinx ligustri Linneaus, 1758, North Western India (Rafi et al., 2014).
Sphinx oberthueri (Rothschild and Jordan, 1903), Manipur (Pittaway and Kitching, 2020).
References:
First record from India, extending its known range westwards from Thailand.
- http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/s_obe.htm [accessed 08 January 2018]
- http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/2650 [accessed 08 January 2018]
Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Sphinginae > Sphingini > Sphinx
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Sphinx oberthueri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) – Masson Pine Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.30. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/356243/Sphinx-oberthueri