Theretra alecto

Levant hawk moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Theretra
Species:	T. alecto
Binomial name
	Theretra alecto; (Linnaeus, 1758)[1][2][3]
Synonyms
	Sphinx alecto Linnaeus, 1758 ; Sphinx cretica Boisduval, 1827 ; Theretra freyeri Kirby, 1892 ; Theretra alecto intermissa Gehlen, 1941 ; Theretra alecto transcaspica O. Bang-Haas, 1927 ;

Theretra alecto, the Levant hawk moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Distribution

It is found in the Indomalayan realm and warm parts of the Palearctic realm, including extreme south-eastern Europe.

The wingspan is 75–106 mm.

The larvae feed on Vitis and Parthenocissus species.

Lepidoptera and their ecology
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Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758)". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 18, 2018.

Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Levant hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
"06868 Theretra alecto (Linnaeus, 1758)". Lepiforum e.V.

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