Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Macroglossinae > Macroglossini > Choerocampina > Hippotion
Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) – Pale Striated Hawkmoth
Reliably separated from Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892) by comparing genitalia.
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Hippotion boerhaviae – Pale Striated Hawkmoth
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) – Pale Striated Hawkmoth: Amaranthus spinosus (Amaranthaceae), Arachis hypogaea (Fabaceae), Boerhavia repens, Boerhavia coccinea (Nyctaginaceae), Camellia sinensis (Theaceae), Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae), Dioscorea alata (Dioscoreaceae), Glossostigma diandrum (Phrymaceae), Impatiens balsamina (Balsaminaceae), Ipomoea cairica (Convolvulaceae), Knoxia mollis, Gynochthodes umbellata, Spermacoce spp. (Rubiaceae) (Robinson et al. 2010)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu | ||||||||||||
| All states |
Similiar species:
Hippotion rosetta (Swinhoe, 1892)
Reliably separated from Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) by comparing genitalia.
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).
Reliably separated from Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) by comparing genitalia.
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:
- Sphinx boerhaviae Fabricius, 1775. Syst. Ent., p. 542
- https://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/h_boe.htm
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-3/sphingidae/sphingidae_29_4.php
- http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/boerhaviae.html
- https://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1215
Lepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Sphingidae > Macroglossinae > Macroglossini > Choerocampina > Hippotion
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2022. Hippotion boerhaviae (Fabricius, 1775) – Pale Striated 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/358063/Hippotion-boerhaviae
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