Theretra alecto | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
TL: India
75 - 106 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name Deutsch
Orientalischer Weinschwärmer English
Levant Hawkmoth Français
Deiléphile Candiote Suomeksi
Kreetankiitäjä Русский
Бражник Алекто 中文
紅裏斜紋天蛾 日本語
シタベニスズメ ייִדיש
רפרף 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
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- 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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