ROTHINJOA LEUCOMELAS (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)

Male Rothinjoa leucomelas, Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. Photo: © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London.

TAXONOMY

Poliana leucomelas Rothschild & Jordan, 1915, Novitates Zoologicae 22: 283. Type locality: Cambodia, Phnom Penh.

Note. Transferred to Rothinjoa by Zolotuhin & Ryabov, 2012, Hawkmoths of Vietnam: 200.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION


ADULT BIOLOGY

Unknown.


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 22.viii.2024 (Yunnan).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Yunnan (Nabanhe National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and southern China (Xishuangbanna, Yunnan).


Global distribution of Rothinjoa leucomelas. Map: © NHMUK.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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