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Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Macroglossinae > Macroglossini > Choerocampina > Hippotion

Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892) – Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth

Reliably separated from Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) by comparing genitalia.

Hippotion rosetta – Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth

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Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
Adult moth observations that have been databased:
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Chhattisgarh
Gujarat
Karnataka
Kerala
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
All states
Similiar species:

Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) from which it is reliably separated by genitalia. 
http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_boe.htm [accessed 08 March 2019]

List of Hippotion Hübner, [1819] known from India.
Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775), Jharkhand (Sambath, 2011), Madhya Pradesh (Chandra et al., 2013), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013), Punjab (Singh and Kaur,2020), West Bengal (Mishra, 2018).
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758), Karnataka (Channi et al., 2017), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Punjab (Pathiana et al., 2014), Uttarakhand (Sondhi and Sondhi 2016), Tamil Nadu (Iyer and Kitching, 2019).
Hippotion echeclus (Boisduval, 1875), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al.,2013), Punjab ( Pathiana et al., 2014).
Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, 1858), Nepal, Karnataka (Melichar, 2012).
Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892), Assam (Arandhara et al., 2017), Andhra Pradesh, Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Tamil Nadu, (Iyer and Kitching, 2019).
Hippotion velox (Fabricius, 1793), Karnataka (Ghoparde et al., 2013), Kerala (Sondhi et al., 2017), Tamil Nadu (Iyer and Kitching, 2019).

References:
  1. OD: Choerocampa rosetta Swinhoe, 1892. Cat. east. and Aust. Lepid. Heterocera Colln Oxf. Univ. Mus.1: 16. TL: [Indonesia, Maluku,] Ceram [Seram].
  2. http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_ros.htm [accessed 08 March 2019]
  3. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/rosetta.html [accessed 08 March 2019]
  4. http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/sphingidae/sphingidae_29_5.php [accessed 08 March 2019]
Note: Hippotion rafflesii (Moore, [1858]), Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892) and Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) are reliably separated by comparing genitalia.

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Cite this page along with its URL as:
Sankararaman H.. 2022. Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892) – Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth. In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Moths of India, v. 3.21. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. http://www.mothsofindia.org/sp/356695/Hippotion-rosetta
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