Lepidoptera: Cossoidea
Family
Sesiidae
Subfamily
Tinthiinae
Tribe/Subtribe
Genus
Pennisetia Dehne, 1850
Type Species
Pennisetia anomala Dehne, 1850
= Anthrenoptera Swinhoe, 1892 (TS: Sphecia contracta Walker, 1856)
Species/Subspecies
Pennisetia contracta Walker, 1856 (Sphecia)
Type Locality
Hindostan [India]
Remarks
Sphecia fixseni Leech [1889], described from Japan has been treated as a junior synonym of P. contracta described from Hindustan [India] by most of the authors including Hampson (1919), thus extending the distribution range of P. contracta upto Japan. However, Arita (1992) stated that the two taxa are undoubtedly distinct species, and revived the species status of P. fixeni thus delimiting the distributional ranges of both the species.
Distribution
States/Union Territories
Assam
Bio Geographic Zones/Zones
North East
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