Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Bombycoidea
Sphingidae
Macroglossinae
- Atemnora Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Atemnora Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 615, TS: Macroglossa westermanni
Atemnora (Macroglossina) ; [HMW, 19]
Tropical Africa, Subtropical Africa, Madagascar. See [About maps]
Westermann's Humming Bird
Macroglossa westermanni Boisduval, [1875]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères, 1 : 355, TL: Guinea
falkensteini (Dewitz, 1879)
Atemnora westermannii ; [HMW]
Larva on
Strychnos? [HMCSA]
10.9.2006 (1)
- References:
- [About maps]
- Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
- [HMCSA]
- Pinhey, E., 1962; Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa
- [HMW]
- Kitching & Cadiou, 2000; Hawkmoths of the World; An annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
- Some related literature:
- Boisduval, [1875]
- Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres Hétérocéres. Tome Premier. Sphingides, Sésiides, Castnides
Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères, 1
: 1-568, pl. 1-11
- Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae
Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.)
: 1-813,
: 815-972, pl. 1-67
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