Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Bombycoidea → family Sphingidae → subfamily Macroglossinae → tribe Macroglossini → subtribe Choerocampina → genus Theretra → species Theretra alecto

Species name(s)

Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758) = Sphinx alecto Linnaeus, 1758 = Sphinx cretica Boisduval, 1827 = Theretra freyeri Kirby, 1892 = Theretra alecto transcaspica O. Bang-Haas, 1927 = Theretro alecto intermissa Gehlen, 1941. [9, 10]

Levant Hawk-moth.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Bulgaria, Greece, Crete, Romania, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of Yugoslavia. [1].
Bulgaria, Greece (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Cyprus, Crete, Macedonia, Romania, Northern Aegean Islands, Sicily ?, Turkey (European part). [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: East Caucasian. [3].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Vitis, Parthenocissus, Saurauia, Dillenia, Tetracera, Leea, Psychotria, Rubia, Cissus. [28].

Subspecies of Theretra alecto

Theretra alecto cretica Boisduval, 1827. [187]
T. a. intermissa Gehlen, 1941. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Paolo Mazzei, Igor Sakhno.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org