Neogurelca himachala

Neogurelca himachala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Neogurelca
Species:	N. himachala
Binomial name
Neogurelca himachala (Butler, 1876)[1]
Synonyms
Lophura himachala Butler, 1876 Lophura erebina Butler, 1876 Gurelca himachala purpureosignata Closs, 1917

Neogurelca himachala is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, south-western, central and eastern China (including Tibet), northern Thailand,^[2] Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea and Japan.

The wingspan is about 34–48 mm. Adults do not fly very much and are active for only a few hours just after day-break and/or at dusk. It is a noisy flyer which can manoeuvre with precision in and out of branches and undergrowth, but which will dart off at high speed if disturbed. It rests among dead leaves or on the bark of trees. Adults of ssp. sangaica are attracted to the flowers of Duranta erecta in Hong Kong

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Paederia foetida in India and Paederia species in China

Subspecies

• Neogurelca himachala himachala (Nepal, north-eastern India, south-western China (including Tibet) and northern Thailand)
• Neogurelca himachala sangaica Butler, 1876 (central and eastern China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea and Japan)^[3]

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
2. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Neogurelca himachala himachala'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
3. Pittaway AR; Kitching I. "''Neogurelca himachala sangaica'' at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic". Tpittaway.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.