Ambulyx placida Moore, 1888

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Nomenclature

Tribe: Ambulycini

Genus: Ambulyx

Species:

Ambulyx placida Moore, 1888

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Heterocera collected by the Rev. J.H. Hocking, chiefly in the Kangra District, N.W. Himalaya 390

Type data:

LECTOTYPE ♀ Northwest India: Himachal Pradesh, Solon [Solan] (Rev. J.H. Hocking) [NHMUK]; designated by Cadiou & Kitching, 1990, Lambillionea 90(4): 12.

Taxonomic Notes:

Synonymized with Ambulyx substrigilis by Hampson, 1893, Fauna Brit. India 1: 77. Reinstated as a species and transferred to Oxyambulyx by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 195 (key), 196. Transferred to Ambulyx by Inoue, 1990, Tinea 12: 248.