AMPELOPHAGA THOMASI Cadiou & Kitching, 1998 -- Thomas' vine hawkmoth

Male Ampelophaga thomasi, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India, 1900m, 29.vi.1987 [HOLOTYPE]. Photo: © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK).

TAXONOMY

Ampelophaga thomasi Cadiou & Kitching, 1998, Lambillionea 98: 353. Type locality: India, West Bengal, Darjeeling [Darling], about 8km from 3 Miles Village on road to Mangpu, 1900m.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Wingspan: 80--90mm.


ADULT BIOLOGY

At about 2400m altitude.


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 3-7.vii (Lhunze, Xizang/Tibet; Zhangmu, Xizang/Tibet).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown..


PARASITOIDS


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Xizang/Tibet (Zhari Town, nr. Lhunze; Zhangmu, Nyalam County).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Nepal, northern India (Sikkim, northern West Bengal), Bhutan (Norbu et al., 2022), and just into the tropical Tibetan border towns of Zhangmu and Zhari.


Global distribution of Ampelophaga thomasi. Map: © Tony Pittaway.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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