Theretra

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia : Macroglossinae
Tribus: Macroglossini
Subtribus: Choerocampina
Genus: Theretra
Species: T. acuta – T. alecto – T. alorica – T. ankae – T. arfakmontensis – T. babarensis – T. balienensis – T. boisduvalii – T. cajus – T. capensis – T. castanea – T. catherinae – T. celata – T. clotho – T. detonnancourorum – T. dominikae – T. floresica – T. gala – T. gnoma – T. griseomarginata – T. halimuni – T. hausmanni – T. improvisa – T. incarnata – T. indistincta – T. inornata – T. insignis – T. insularis – T. japonica – T. jugurtha – T. kuehni – T. latreillii – T. lomblenica – T. lombokensis – T. lycetus – T. makhrovi – T. manilae – T. mansoni – T. maranguensis – T. margarita – T. mercedes – T. molops – T. monteironis – T. mothironi – T. muricolor – T. natashae – T. nessus – T. obliterata – T. oldenlandiae – T. orpheus – T. pallicosta – T. pantarica – T. perkeo – T. polistratus – T. prattorum – T. queenslandi – T. radiosa – T. rezaci – T. rhesus – T. rothschildi – T. shendurneensis – T. silhetensis – T. suffusa – T. sugii – T. sumatrensis – T. sumbaensis – T. tabubilensis – T. tessmanni – T. tibetiana – T. timorensis – T. tomasi – T. tryoni – T. turneri – T. ugandae – T. viridis – T. wetanensis
Name

Theretra Hübner, 1819

Type species: Sphinx equestris Fabricius, 1793
Synonyms

Oreus Hübner, [1819]
Gnathostypsis Wallengren, 1858
Hathia Moore, [1882]
Florina Tutt, 1903

References

Cadiou, J.-M., 1995: Seven new species of Sphingidae. Lambillionea XCV 4 déc.: 499–515.
Clark, B.P., 1924: Twelve new Sphingidae. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club IX: 11–21.
Darge, P., 2012: Three new species of Sphingidae in the genera Andriasa and Theretra are described from the mountains ofTanzania. Saturnafrica 13: 3–13.
Eitschberger, U. 2000a. Zur Verbreitung von Theretra natashae (Cadiou, 1995) mit Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart von der Insel Lombok (Lepidoptera, Sphingldae). Atalanta 31(3-4): 497-503. full article zobodat (pdf). Reference page.
Eitschberger, U., 2000: Eine neue Theretra-An von der Insel Sulawesi (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 48:
Eitschberger, U. 2002a: Theretra mercedes spec. nov., eine neue Sphingide von Sumbawa (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue entomologische nachrichten, 53: 55–63. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Eitschberger, U. 2005. Theretra babarensis sp. nov. from Babar-Archipelago. Atalanta 36(1-2): 264–285. Reference page.
Eitschberger, U. 2010b. Der Theretra insignis-kuehni-Artenkomplex (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Neue entomologische nachrichten 65: 107-143. full article zobodat (PDF). Reference page.
Haxaire, J. & T. Melichar, 2008: Description d'un nouveau Theretra Hübner, 1819, d'Afrique de l'ouest: Theretra tomasi sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 1 (2): 39–44.
Haxaire, J. & Melichar, T. 2012b. Note sur les Theretra du groupe cajus (Cramer, 1777) avec description de deux nouvelles espèces. The European Entomologist 4(2): 87–106. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Hübner, 1819, Verz. Bek. Schmett. (9): 135.
Lachlan, R.B. 2009: Two new species of Gnathothlibus Wallengren from Fiji and Samoa and a new species of Theretra Hübner from Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Records of the Australian Museum, 61: 73–87. ISSN: 0067-1975 DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.61.2009.1523. Full article: [1].
Li, J., Lin, R-R., Zhang, Y-Y., Hu, K-J., Zhao, Y-Q., Li, Y., Huang, Z-R., Zhang, X., Geng, X-X. & Ding, J-H. 2018. Characterization of the complete mitochondrial DNA of Theretra japonica and its phylogenetic position within the Sphingidae (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). ZooKeys 754: 127–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.754.23404. Reference page.
Melichar, T. & Řezáč, M. 2013b. A new species of the genus Theretra Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from east Africa. The European Entomologist 5(3): 77–82. Reference page.
Sondhi, Y., Kitching, I.J., Basu, D.N. & Kunte, K. 2017. A new species of Theretra Hübner (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4323(2): 185–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.2. Reference page.
Spitsyn, V.M. & Bolotov, I.N. 2020a. Theretra makhrovi sp. nov. from Flores Island, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 31: 1-5. Reference page.
Vaglia, T. ; J. Haxaire ; I. Kitching & M. Liyous, 2010: Contribution à la connaissance des Theretra Hübner, 1819 des complexes clotho (Drury, 1773), boisduvalii (Bugnion, 1839) et rhesus (Boisduval, 1875) d'Asie continentale et du Sud-est (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 3 (1): 41–77.

Vernacular names
中文: 斜纹天蛾属

Theretra is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was established by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Species

Theretra acuta Vaglia & Liyous, 2010
Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758)
Theretra alorica Eitschberger, 2010
Theretra arfakmontensis Eitschberger, 2010
Theretra balienensis Eitschberger, 2010
Theretra boisduvalii (Bugnion, 1839)
Theretra cajus (Cramer, 1777)
Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764)
Theretra castanea (Moore, 1872)
Theretra catherinae Vaglia & Kitching, 2010
Theretra celata (Butler, 1877)
Theretra clotho (Drury, 1773)
Theretra floresica Eitschberger, 2010
Theretra gala Cadiou, 1999
Theretra gnoma (Fabricius, 1775)
Theretra griseomarginata (Hampson, 1898)
Theretra halimuni Eitschberger, 2010
Theretra hausmanni Eitschberger, 2000
Theretra improvisa Darge, 2006
Theretra incarnata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Theretra indistincta (Butler, 1877)
Theretra inornata (Walker, 1865)
Theretra insignis (Butler, 1882)
Theretra insularis (C. Swinhoe, 1892)
Theretra japonica (Boisduval, 1869)
Theretra jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875)
Theretra kuehni Rothschild, 1900
Theretra latreillii (W. S. Macleay, 1826)
Theretra lifuensis Rothschild, 1894
Theretra lomblenica Eitschberger, 2010
Theretra lombokensis Eitschberger, 2010
Theretra lycetus (Cramer, 1775)
Theretra manilae Clark, 1922
Theretra mansoni Clark, 1924
Theretra margarita (Kirby, 1877)
Theretra molops Jordan, 1926
Theretra monteironis (Butler, 1882)
Theretra muricolor Jordan, 1926
Theretra natashae Cadiou, 1995
Theretra nessus (Drury, 1773)
Theretra oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775)
Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Theretra pallicosta (Walker, 1856)
Theretra pantarica Eitschberger, 2010
Theretra papuensis Eitschberger, 2009
Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Theretra polistratus Rothschild, 1904
Theretra queenslandi (Lucas, 1891)
Theretra radiosa Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
Theretra rhesus (Boisduval, 1875)
Theretra silhetensis (Walker, 1856)
Theretra suffusa (Walker, 1856)
Theretra sugii Cadiou, 1995
Theretra sumatrensis (Joicey & Kaye, 1917)
Theretra sumbaensis Eitschberger, 2010
Theretra tabibulensis Lachlan, 2009[1]
Theretra tessmanni Gehlen, 1927
Theretra tibetiana Vaglia & Haxaire, 2010
Theretra timorensis Eitschberger, 2010
Theretra tomasi Haxaire & Melichar, 2008
Theretra tryoni (Miskin, 1891)
Theretra turneri (Lucas, 1891)
Theretra viridis Basquin, 1992
Theretra wetanensis Eitschberger, 2010

References

Lachlan, Robert B. (2009). "Two New Species of Gnathothlibus Wallengren from Fiji and Samoa and a New Species of Theretra Hübner from New Guinea (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. Sydney: Australian Museum. 61: 73–87. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.61.2009.1523. Retrieved 22 October 2012.