1. Falter

1: Japan, detailed information unknown, 2013 (cult. & fot.: Heinrich Vogel)Forum

2. Caterpillar

1-2: Japan, detailed information unknown, 2013 (cult. & fot.: Heinrich Vogel)Forum

3: younger larva, Japan, Miyazaki, Mimata, 147 m, 28. July 2013, day finding (det. & phot.: Rolf Stricker)Forum

3. Diagnosis

1-3: ♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

3.1. Original description

1: Fabricius (1775: 542) [from copyright-free scan at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

4. Further information

4.1. Other combinations

• Sphinx oldenlandiae Fabricius, 1775 [Original combination]

4.2. Synonyms

• Sphinx drancus Cramer, [1777] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Deilephila argentata Stephens, 1828 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Chaerocampa[sic] sobria Walker, 1856 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Chaerocampa[sic] puellaris Butler, 1875 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Deilephila proxima Austaut, 1892 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Delephila olivacens Mell, 1922 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Theretra fuscata Gehlen, 1941 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Theretra olivascens Inoue, 1973 [synonym according to funet.fi]

4.3. Subspecies

• Theretra oldenlandiae lewini (Thon, 1828) [subspecies according to funet.fi]
• Theretra oldenlandiae samoana Gehlen, 1941 [subspecies according to funet.fi]

4.4. Literature

• Original description: Fabricius, J. C. (1775): Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. 1-832. Flensburgi et Lipsiae (Officina Libraria Kortii).