DISCOVERY OF ACHERONTIA ATROPOS L. (LEPIDOPTERA, SPHINGIDAE) IN NORTH-EAST KAZAKHSTAN

В. В. Дубатолов, Sergey V. Titov

Amurian Zoological Journal, 2011

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DOI 10.33910/1999-4079-2011-3-1-58-59

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Abstract

The first reliable record of Acherontia atropos L. east from Ural mts. is reported from North-East Kazakhstan, Pavlodar suburbs. The moth was collected on September, 15, 2006. Up to present the species was not known to range east from North-Eastern Iran and Turkmenistan. In eastern countries a sibling species occurs, A. styx Wstw. In South-Western Asia both species occur together. They differ most noticeably by the double (in A. styx Wstw.) versus single (in A. atropos L.) dark postdiscal band on the hindwing underside. Dark transversal bands at the underside of abdomen are well visible and broad in A. atropos L. and nearly absent in A. styx Wstw.