Species Theretra oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphinx oldenlandiae Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April].
• Sphinx drancus Cramer, P. 1777. Uitlandsche Kapellen. [Dutch title] or Papilions exotiques des trois parties du monde l'Asie, l'Afrique et l'Amérique. [French title]. Amsterdam Baalde and Utrecht : Wild Vol. 2 1-152 pls 92-192. [issued 1777, dated 1775–1790].
• Deilephila argentata Stephens, J.F. 1828. Illustrations of British Entomology; or a synopsis of indigenous insects containing their generic and specific distinctions...... Mandibulata. London : Baldwin & Craddock Vol. 2 1-112 pls 10-14. [130].
• Sphinx lewini Thon, T.C.G. 1828. Entomologisches Archives. Jena : Thon Vol. 1(2). [publication date: Moulds, M.S. 1977. Bibliography of the Australian Butterflies. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea 1773–1973. Greenwich, N.S.W. : Australian Entomological Press pp. 239. [203]].
• Chaerocampa firmata Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271 [sic].
• Chaerocampa sobria Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271 [sic, nomen nudum].
• Theretra lycetus Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1869. 1850-[1869]. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. Regensburg : G.J. Manz 84+4 pp., 100+28 pls.
• Chaerocampa puellaris Butler, A.G. 1875. Descriptions of several new species of Sphingidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 621-623 [623] [sic].
• Chaerocampa argentata Butler, A.G. 1875. Descriptions of thirty-three new or little-known species of Sphingidae in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 3-16, pls 1-2 [8] [sic].
• Deilephila proxima Austaut, L. 1892. Deux Sphingides nouveaux de l'Asie orientale. Le Naturaliste 1892: 68, 69 [69].
• Theretra oldenlandiae olivacens Mell, R. 1922. Beiträge zur Fauna Sinica (II). Biologie und Systematik der südchinesischen Sphingiden. Zugleich ein Versuch einer Biologie tropischer Lepidopteren überhaupt. Berlin : R. Friedlander & Son xxii+331 pp., Atlas 35 pls, 10 figs, 1 map. [309] [infrasubsp.].
• Theretra oldenlandiae fuscata Gehlen, B. 1941. Neue Sphingiden. Entomologische Zeitschrift Frankfurt am Main 55(23): 178-179 [179].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (types originally in authors collection), Celebes, Ceram, Sangi Islands [Sangihe & Seram Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia].
• Theretra oldenlandiae samoana Gehlen, B. 1941. Neue Sphingiden. Entomologische Zeitschrift Frankfurt am Main 55(24): 185-186 [185-186].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (types originally in authors collection), Samoa Islands.
• Theretra olivascens Inoue, H. 1973. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of the Sphingidae of Taiwan (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Faculty of Domestic Science of Otsuma Women's University 9: 1-139, pls 1-12.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [257]

 

Generic Combinations

• Theretra oldenlandiae firmata (Walker, 1856). —
  Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae Supplement 9: i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67 [783] (Chaerocampa firmata as subspecies of T. oldenlandiae)
• Theretra firmata (Walker, 1856). —
  Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [654]
• Theretra oldenlandiae lewini (Thon, 1828).
• Theretra oldenlandiae (Fabricius, 1775). —
  Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [653] (new combination)
• Theretra puellaris (Butler, 1875). —
  Kirby, W.F. 1892. A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (moths). Sphinges and Bombyces. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 1 xii 951 pp. [654]

 

Introduction

Moulds et al (2020) found no evidence to support recognition of various subspecies previously assigned to this species.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

From Broome WA across northern Australia to Cape York and Torres Starit, south through eastern QLD and NSW to TAS, also Christmas Island; N Afghanistan, Siberian Russia, Japan, New Guinea

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)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2024	Macroglossinae	05-Jun-2024	MODIFIED
11-Dec-2014	SPHINGIDAE	20-Jul-2015	MODIFIED
07-Mar-2013		07-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
		24-Sep-2012	MODIFIED