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Hyles livornica Esper 1780

Description

H. livornica (Esper, 1780)

Plate 3, Fig. 50

Material examined. PAKISTAN, [Gilgit Baltistan,] Gohar Abad, Ghizar District, collected as larva feeding on Rumex hastatus, 5. vi. 2007, Amir Sultan; [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,] Dassu, 12. vi. 2009, Ather Rafi; [Sindh,] Umarkot, 27. iv. 2009, Asad Ali; Karachi, 2. iv. 1951, S. Khan, as previous except 27. viii. 1972, S. M. Shah; Malir Halt, Karachi, 22. vi. 1956, Razak; [Baluchistan,] Sonmiani, Lasbela, 24. vii. 1951, S. M. Din; Chaman, 31. iii. 1952, S. Rehman; Quetta, August, 1934, Nazeer.

Remarks. Hyles livornica was recorded in Pakistan from Rawalpindi and Peshawar (as Hyles lineata) by Mohyuddin (1987), and from Sialkot and Faisalabad (as H. lineata subsp. livornica) by Mehmood et al. (1996). It occurs as a breeding resident species in Africa (except rainforest areas) the Middle East, Central Asia, along the southern slopes of the Himalaya (at relatively low elevations) and western China, from where it regularly migrates north to Europe, Siberia and eastern China, and occasionally straying south to peninsular India, Thailand and Hainan Island, China (Pittaway & Kitching, 2013).

Notes

Published as part of Rafi, Muhammad Ather, Sultan, Amir, Kitching, Ian J., Pittaway, Anthony R., Markhasiov, Maxim, Khan, Muhammad Rafique & Naz, Falak, 2014, The Hawkmoth Fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), pp. 393-418 in Zootaxa 3794 (3) on page 407, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/230551

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References

  • Mohyuddin, A. I. (1987) A Catalogue of Insects and Mites in the Reference Collection of PARC-CIBC Station up to 1986. Vol. 1. Lepidoptera. Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, CAB International Institute of Biological Control, 34 pp.
  • Mehmood, K., Yousuf, M. & Naeem, M. (1996) The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Entomologist's Record, 108, 211 - 215.
  • Pittaway, A. R. & Kitching, I. J. (2013) Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Available from: http: // tpittaway. tripod. com / china / china. htm (accessed 1 December 2013)