Common Hunter Hawkmoth

Theretra clotho

"Theretra clotho" is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and Myanmar, east through China to Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, and then south-east through South East Asia as far as the Lesser Sunda Islands and Timor in Indonesia.
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Appearance

The wingspan is 70–100 mm. The head and thorax are greenish brown, with a white lateral stripe running from the palpus to the rear of the thorax. The abdomen is also greenish brown, with a black lateral patch near the thorax. The forewings are greyish brown with a sharp brown oblique band running from the inner margin to the apex and a fine black discal spot. The hindwings are black basally and brown distally, with a buff patch at the anal angle. The antennae and legs are white.
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Naming

*"Theretra clotho clotho"
⤷ "Theretra clotho vincenti" Vaglia & Liyous, 2010
⤷ "Theretra clotho celata"

Behavior

In Hong Kong, adults are on wing in multiple generations per year, with records from April to late October. In Korea, adults are on wing in August. In general though, adults are on wing from April or May to October throughout the southern range.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on "Amorphophallus", "Hibiscus", "Parthenocissus", "Saurauia" and "Vitis" in Guangdong and Hong Kong. Other hosts include "Cissus" species, as well as "Ampelopsis glandulosa" in Japan and on "Cissus hastata" in Singapore. Elsewhere, other major host plant families include Actinidiaceae, Araceae, Begoniaceae and Dilleniaceae.

Habitat

An uncommon migrant may be found up to northern China. The habitat consists of open forests, forest edges, orchards, plantations, wooded scrubs, suburban gardens and city parks.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilySphingidae
GenusTheretra
SpeciesT. clotho
Photographed in
Indonesia
Malaysia