Theretra
Theretra is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was established by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
| Theretra | |
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| Theretra nessus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Subtribe: | Choerocampina |
| Genus: | Theretra Hübner, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Choerocampa indistincta | |
| Synonyms | |
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
Ecology
Pollination
Several species of the genus Theretra, namely Theretra japonica and Theretra nessus, have been reported to pollinate the orchid species Vanda falcata.[2]
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.
- Suetsugu, K., Tanaka, K., Okuyama, Y., & Yukawa, T. (2015). "Potential pollinator of Vanda falcata (Orchidaceae): Theretra (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) hawkmoths are visitors of long spurred orchid." European Journal of Entomology, 112(2), 393.
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