First Report of Oleander Hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Feeding on Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae) from India

Afaq Ahmad Dar; Khowaja Jamal; Muzamil Syed Shah

doi:10.3157/061.148.0105

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Afaq Ahmad Darhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9645-12921,^1,*,** Khowaja Jamalhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7294-1094,^1,*** Muzamil Syed Shahhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0926-8743^1,****

¹Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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^**afaqamuzoo@gmail.com (Corresponding author);
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Abstract

Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. is reported as host plant for various arthropods, including various Lepidoptera species. In this present paper, Alstonia scholaris (L.) R.Br. is presented as a new host plant for Oleander Hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758) for the first time from India. In addition, a list of other host plants associated with this moth species from India are also enlisted in this paper.

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Afaq Ahmad Dar, Khowaja Jamal, and Muzamil Syed Shah "First Report of Oleander Hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) Feeding on Alstonia scholaris (Apocynaceae) from India," Transactions of the American Entomological Society 148(1), 59-63, (11 March 2022). https://doi.org/10.3157/061.148.0105

Published: 11 March 2022

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