Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Bombycoidea
Sphingidae
Macroglossinae
- Microsphinx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Microsphinx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 593, TS: Pterogon pumilum
Microsphinx (Macroglossina) ; [HMW, 18]
South Africa. See [About maps]
Bedstraw Hawklet
Pterogon pumilum Boisduval, [1875]; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. Hétérocères, 1 : 312, pl. 9, f. 2, TL: Zululand
Pterogon pumilum Boisduval, 1847; in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 594, TL: (nom. nudum)
Lophurum minutum Distant, 1897
Microsphinx pumilum ; [HMW]
Larva on
Galium [HMCSA]
23.9.2006 (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, 1847
- Catalogue des Lépidoptères recuellis par M. Delegorgue, 1833-1844
in Delegorgue, Voyage Afr. australe, 2: 585-614
- 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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