| Theretra alecto | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
TL: India
75-106 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
DeutschOrientalischer Weinschwärmer 
EnglishLevant Hawkmoth 
FrançaisDeiléphile Candiote 
SuomeksiKreetankiitäjä 
РусскийБражник Алекто 
中文紅裏斜紋天蛾 
日本語シタベニスズメ 
ייִדישרפרף הגפן
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Actinidiaceae Saurauia Dilleniaceae Dillenia parviflora Rubiaceae Psychotria Rubiaceae Psychotria serpens Rubiaceae Rubia Madder Vitaceae Cissus Vitaceae Leea Vitaceae Parthenocissus Creepers Vitaceae Vitis vinifera Common Grape Vine - Secondary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Cistaceae Cistus Cistus Malvaceae Gossypium Cotton
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Theretra cretica Boisduval, 1827 Theretra freyeri Kirby, 1892 Theretra mansoni Clark, 1924 Theretra transcaspica O.Bang-Haas, 1927 Theretra intermissa Gehlen, 1941
- Links
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Language Website Authors Japanese Moths Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths of India Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic Tony Pittaway Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory Ian Kitching The insects of Papua Indonesia Jan Moonen
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