Rethera brandti
| Lesser madder hawkmoth | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Rethera |
| Species: | R. brandti |
| Binomial name | |
| Rethera brandti O Bang-Haas, 1937[1] | |
Rethera brandti (lesser madder hawkmoth) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from south-eastern Turkey and north-eastern Iraq to southern Iran along the Zagros Mountains and then into western Pakistan. It is also present in the Alborz and Kopet Dag Mountains of northern Iran. The habitat of ssp. brandti consists of sparsely vegetated slopes up to 2,000 meters, while the habitat of ssp. euteles consists of hilly steppe and desert-edge vegetation between 1,500 and 2,500 meters altitude.
The wingspan is 40–46 mm. Adults of ssp. brandti are on from April mid May in one generation per year. Adults of ssp. euteles are on wing from late March to mid May depending on the altitude in one or two generations per year.
The larvae probably feed on Galium species.
Subspecies
- Rethera brandti brandti (Alborz and Kopet Dag Mountains of northern Iran)[2]
- Rethera brandti euteles Jordan, 1937 (south-eastern Turkey and north-eastern Iraq to southern Iran along the Zagros Mountains and then into western Pakistan)[3]
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ↑ "''Rethera brandti brandti'' at Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ↑ "''Rethera brandti euteles'' at Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.