First record of the Afghan Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger et al., 1998 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from India: a notable range extension for the genus

Occurrence Observation
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Description

First record of the Afghan Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger et al., 1998 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from India: a notable range extension for the genus

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Riyaz M, Mathew P, Sheikh T, Ignacimuthu S, Sivasankaran K, Barve V (2025). First record of the Afghan Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger et al., 1998 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from India: a notable range extension for the genus. Version 1.0. Training Organization. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=lao_wit&v=1.0

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Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Muzafar Riyaz
  • Originator
Loyola College
  • Division of Taxonomy & Biodiversity, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College
600034 Chennai
Tamil Nadu
IN
Pratheesh Mathew
  • Originator
St. Thomas College, Palai,
  • Department of Zoology, St. Thomas College, Palai,
686574 Kottayam
Kerala
IN
Taslima Sheikh
  • Originator
Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Rajouri
  • Department of Biosciences
185234
Jammu and Kashmir
IN
S Ignacimuthu
  • Originator
St. Xavier’s College
  • Xavier Research Foundation, St. Xavier’s College
600072 Palayamkottai
Tamil Nadu
IN
Kuppusamy Sivasankaran
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
Loyola College
  • Division of Taxonomy & Biodiversity, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College
600034 Chennai
Tamil Nadu
IN
Vijay Barve
  • Originator
  • Research Advisor
Nature Mates-Nature Club
  • 6/7 Bijoygarh
700032 Kolkata
West Bengal
IN

Geographic Coverage

Jammu and Kashmir, India

Bounding Coordinates South West [33.705, 74.94], North East [33.705, 74.94]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Family Sphingidae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date 2020-07-06

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Riyaz, M., Mathew, P., Shiekh, T., Ignacimuthu, S., & Sivasankaran, K. (2021). First record of the Afghan Poplar Hawkmoth Laothoe witti Eitschberger et al., 1998 (Sphingidae: Smerinthinae) from India: a notable range extension for the genus. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(7), 18943–18946. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6400.13.7.18943-18946

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers https://ipt.gbif.org/resource?r=lao_wit