Rethera brandti
| Lesser madder hawkmoth | |
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| Rethera brandti brandti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Rethera |
| Species: | R. brandti
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| Binomial name | |
| Rethera brandti O. Bang-Haas, 1937[1]
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Rethera brandti, the lesser madder hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Otto Bang-Haas in 1937. It is found from south-eastern Turkey and north-eastern Iraq to southern Iran along the Zagros Mountains and then into western Pakistan.
The wingspan is 40–46 mm. Adults of ssp. brandti are on from April mid-May in one generation per year. Adults of ssp. euteles are on wing from late March to mid-May depending on the altitude in one or two generations per year.
The larvae probably feed on Galium species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Rethera brandti brandti (Alborz and Kopet Dag Mountains of northern Iran)[2]
- Rethera brandti euteles Jordan, 1937 (south-eastern Turkey and north-eastern Iraq to southern Iran along the Zagros Mountains and then into western Pakistan)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Rethera brandti O. Bang-Haas, 1937". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R. (2018). "Rethera brandti euteles Jordan, 1937". Sphingidae of the Western Palaearctic. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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