Vol. 21 No. 11 (2006): November
Case Report

Genitalial morphology of some hawk moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Sphinginae) from northwestern India

Published 2006-11-21

Abstract

External genitalial morphology of seven species belonging to the subfamily Sphinginae (Sphingidae) i.e., Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus), Psilogramma menophron menophron (Cramer), Psilogramma incereta Walker, Acherontia styx styx (Westwood), Leucophlebia emittens Walker, Marumba dyras dyras (Walker) and Polyptychus trilineatus trilineatus Moore were studied. Besides this, keys to the subfamilies, tribes, genera and species studied are given.