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Range extension of the Macroglossum pyrrhosticta Butler, 1875 in northwestern India (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2022
Authors:S. A. Farooqi, Kitching, I. J., Parwez, H., Joshi, R.
Journal:SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Volume:50
Issue:200
Start Page:653
Pagination:653-658
Date Published:12/2022
ISSN:0300-5267
Keywords:FEMALE GENITALIA, INDIA, MACROGLOSSUM, SPHINGIDAE, WORLDMAP1
Abstract:

"During a faunistic survey of Lepidoptera in Sasni (27.7063º N, 78.0823º E; 181 m), Uttar Pradesh, a specimen of Macroglossum pyrrhosticta Butler, 1875, was collected and thus the species reported for the first time from the Gangetic Plains Biogeographic Zone of India, as well as North-West India as a whole. Details of the known larval host plants of M. pyrrhosticta are also provided, together with a checklist of the Indian species of genus Macroglossum Scopoli, 1777."

URL:https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.275
DOI:10.57065/shilap.275
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