Rhagastis
Encyclopedia
Rhagastis is a genus of moth
s in the Sphingidae
family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
family.
Species
- Rhagastis acutaRhagastis acutaRhagastis acuta is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from south-east Asia, including India, Thailand and Indonesia.It is similar to Rhagastis velata and Rhagastis hayesi. The upperside of the abdomen has a pair of vestigial or well-developed lateral golden stripes. The forewing upperside...
- (Walker 1856) - Rhagastis albomarginatusRhagastis albomarginatusRhagastis albomarginatus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Himalaya, China, Taiwan, Burma, Sumatra, Java and Borneo....
- (Rothschild 1894) - Rhagastis binoculataRhagastis binoculataRhagastis binoculata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Taiwan.The wingspan is 54-63 mm. It is very similar to Rhagastis albomarginatus dichroae and distinguishable only by the pinkish-grey oval patch across the postmedian lines on the forewing upperside...
- Matsumura 1909 - Rhagastis castorRhagastis castorRhagastis castor is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, Thailand, southern China and Vietnam, Sumatra, Java and Taiwan....
- (Walker 1856) - Rhagastis confusaRhagastis confusaRhagastis confusa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from northern India, Nepal, northern Thailand, south-western China and northern Vietnam.The wingspan is 84-90 mm...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Rhagastis diehliRhagastis diehliRhagastis diehli is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sumatra....
- Haxaire & Melichar, 2010 - Rhagastis gloriosaRhagastis gloriosaRhagastis gloriosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found along the southern slopes of the Himalaya in Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan, north-eastern India and northern Myanmar, east to central Yunnan in China. It has also been recorded from the extreme northwest of Thailand and northern Vietnam.The...
- (Butler 1875) - Rhagastis hayesiRhagastis hayesiRhagastis hayesi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from south-east Asia, including Burma, Vietnam and Thailand.It is similar to Rhagastis acuta but can be distinguished by the lateral pattern of the abdomen, the forewing upperside ground colour which is always darker olive-brown and...
- Diehl 1982 - Rhagastis lambertoniRhagastis lambertoniRhagastis lambertoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Madagascar.The length of the forewings is 22-30 mm. It can be distinguished from all other Rhagastis species by the strongly convex outer margin and markedly falcate apex of the forewing....
- (Clark 1923) - Rhagastis lunataRhagastis lunataRhagastis lunata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, Thailand, south-western China and Vietnam.The wingspan is 72-86 mm...
- (Rothschild 1900) - Rhagastis meridionalisRhagastis meridionalisRhagastis meridionalis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Java.-Taxonomy:It was described as a subspecies of Rhagastis acuta and synonymized with the nominotypical subspecies by Clark in 1929...
- Gehlen, 1928 - Rhagastis mongolianaRhagastis mongolianaRhagastis mongoliana is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from China, north to Mongolia, Korea and the Primorsky Krai in Russia, and east to Taiwan and Japan.The wingspan is 47-63 mm...
- (Butler 1876) - Rhagastis olivaceaRhagastis olivaceaRhagastis olivacea is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from north-western India across Nepal, northern Myanmar, northern Thailand and southern China to northern Vietnam.The wingspan is 72-92 mm...
- (Moore 1872) - Rhagastis rubetraRhagastis rubetraRhagastis rubetra is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Indonesia north through Malaysia to Thailand and possibly southern China ....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1907 - Rhagastis trilineataRhagastis trilineataRhagastis trilineata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Japan.It is similar to Rhagastis mongoliana but distinguishable by the almost uniform forewing fringes and the small black discal spot on the hindwing underside...
- Matsumura 1921 - Rhagastis velataRhagastis velataRhagastis velata is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, Thailand, central and southern China and Taiwan....
- (Walker 1866)