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Microsphinx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Microsphinx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Novit. Zool. 9 (Suppl.) : 593, TS: Pterogon pumilum
Microsphinx (Macroglossina) ; [HMW, 18]

Microsphinx pumilum (Boisduval, [1875])
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]



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References:
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[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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