Genus Theretra Hübner, 1819

Museums

Regional Maps

• Theretra Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [135].

  Type species:

   Sphinx equestris Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [659].
• Oreus Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [136].

  Type species:

   Sphinx gnoma Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae Supplement 9: i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67 [387].
• Gnathostypsis Wallengren, H.D.J. 1858. Nya fjäril-slägten. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 15: 75-84, 135-143, 209-215 [137].

  Type species:

   Gnathostypsis ostracina Wallengren, 1858 by original designation.
• Hathia Moore, F. in Hewitson, W.C. & Moore, F. 1882. Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous Insects from the collection of the late W.S. Atkinson. Part ii. Heterocera, continued (Cymatophoridae-Herminiidae). Calcutta : Asiatic Society of Bengal 89-198, pls iv, v.

  Type species:

   Sphinx clotho Drury, 1773 by subsequent designation, see Kirby, W.F. in Rye, E.C. 1893. Zoological Records. London : British Museum (Natural Histroy) Vol. 30. [183].
• Florina Tutt, J.W. 1903. Some Genera of the Eumorphid Sphinges. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 15: 75, 76 [76].

  Type species:

   Choerocampa japonica Boisduval, 1867 by original designation.
• Lilina Tutt, J.W. 1903. Genera of the Eumorphid and Daphnid Sphinges. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 15: 100-101 [101].

  Type species:

   Sphinx pinastrina Butler, 1876 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kitching, I.J. & Cadiou, J.-M. 2000. Hawkmoths of the World, an annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). London; Ithaca & London : The Natural History Museum, Comstock Publishing Associates vii +226 pp.
• Moulds, M.S., Tuttle, J.P. & Lane, D.A. 2020. Hawkmoths of Australia: Identification, Biology and Distribution. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Clayton South, VIC : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 13 pp. i-x, 1-414. [258]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2024	Macroglossinae	04-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
07-Mar-2013		12-Jun-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)