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Macropoliana
''Macropoliana'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968. It is found in Central and Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of .... Species *'' Macropoliana afarorum'' Rougeot 1975 *'' Macropoliana asirensis'' Wiltshire 1980 *'' Macropoliana cadioui'' Haxaire & Camiade, 2008 *'' Macropoliana ferax'' (Rothschild & Jordan 1916) *'' Macropoliana gessi'' Schmit, 2006 *'' Macropoliana natalensis'' (Butler 1875) *'' Macropoliana scheveni'' Carcasson 1972 References Sphingini Moth genera {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropoliana
''Macropoliana'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968. It is found in Central and Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of .... Species *'' Macropoliana afarorum'' Rougeot 1975 *'' Macropoliana asirensis'' Wiltshire 1980 *'' Macropoliana cadioui'' Haxaire & Camiade, 2008 *'' Macropoliana ferax'' (Rothschild & Jordan 1916) *'' Macropoliana gessi'' Schmit, 2006 *'' Macropoliana natalensis'' (Butler 1875) *'' Macropoliana scheveni'' Carcasson 1972 References Sphingini Moth genera {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropoliana Afarorum
''Macropoliana afarorum'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red .... References External linksMuseum National d'Histoire Naturelle: Holotype of ''Macropoliana afarorum'' Macropoliana Moths described in 1975 Fauna of Djibouti {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropoliana Natalensis
''Macropoliana natalensis'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and moist woodland from KwaZulu-Natal to Ethiopia and westwards to Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone. The length of the forewings is 55–70 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females and the wingspan is 107–126 mm. The forewings are very pale grey with wavy blackish transverse bands and a whitish stigma. There are two short longitudinal blackish streaks in the centre of the wing. The head is pale grey and the thorax is pale grey surrounded dorsally by black lines edged internally with yellow. The abdomen is pale grey, mottled and faintly spotted with darker grey. The hindwings are dark greyish brown, with a large pale grey patch near the tornus. Females are larger, have broader forewings and are usually darker and more heavily marked. The larvae feed on '' Spathodea nilotica'', ''Spathodea campanulata'', ''Markhamia lutea'' and ''Brachystegia ''Brachystegia'' is a genus of tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropoliana Ferax
''Macropoliana ferax'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from highland forests in East Africa, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Malawi. The length of the forewings is 45–52 mm. It is very similar to ''Macropoliana natalensis ''Macropoliana natalensis'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and moist woodland from KwaZulu-Natal to Ethiopia and westwards to Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone. The length of the forewings is 55–70 mm for males ...'', but smaller and darker, particularly in the females. Most have a series of small paired yellow dorsal spots on the abdomen. References Macropoliana Moths described in 1916 Moths of Africa {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropoliana Cadioui
''Macropoliana cadioui'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia .... References Macropoliana Moths described in 2008 {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropoliana Gessi
''Macropoliana gessi'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae which is endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri .... References gessi Moths described in 2006 Moths of Africa {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropoliana Asirensis
''Macropoliana asirensis'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Saudi Arabia and Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and .... References Macropoliana Moths described in 1980 {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macropoliana Scheveni
''Macropoliana scheveni'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and .... References Endemic fauna of Tanzania Macropoliana Moths described in 1972 Insects of Tanzania Moths of Africa {{Sphinginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphingini
Sphingini is a tribe of moths of the family Sphingidae. The tribe was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Taxonomy *Genus '' Amphimoea'' *Genus '' Amphonyx'' *Genus '' Apocalypsis'' *Genus ''Ceratomia'' *Genus '' Cocytius'' *Genus '' Dolba'' *Genus '' Dolbogene'' *Genus '' Dovania'' *Genus '' Ellenbeckia'' *Genus '' Euryglottis'' *Genus '' Hoplistopus'' *Genus '' Ihlegramma'' *Genus '' Isoparce'' *Genus ''Lapara'' *Genus '' Leucomonia'' *Genus ''Lintneria'' *Genus '' Litosphingia'' *Genus '' Lomocyma'' *Genus '' Macropoliana'' *Genus ''Manduca'' *Genus '' Meganoton'' *Genus '' Morcocytius'' *Genus '' Nannoparce'' *Genus '' Neococytius'' *Genus ''Neogene'' *Genus '' Oligographa'' *Genus '' Panogena'' *Genus '' Pantophaea'' *Genus '' Paratrea'' *Genus '' Poliana'' *Genus '' Praedora'' *Genus '' Pseudococytius'' *Genus '' Pseudodolbina'' *Genus '' Psilogramma'' *Genus '' Sagenosoma'' *Genus †'' Sphingidites'' *Genus ''Sphinx'' *Genus '' Thamnoecha'' *Genus '' Xanthopan' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Herbert Carcasson
Robert Herbert Carcasson (5 December 1918, in Cheltenham, UK – 23 September 1982, in Victoria, B.C., Canada) was an English entomologist who specialised in butterflies, but also authored two field guides to tropical fishes. He joined the Coryndon Museum, Nairobi, as senior entomologist in 1956. He then became its director, under the museum's new name of the Natural History Museum from 1961 to 1968. During this time he was awarded a PhD for his studies on African hawkmoths. From 1969 to 1971 he was Chief Curator of the Centennial Museum, Vancouver, Canada. In 1972 he travelled in Polynesia, Melanesia, Australia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Seychelles and East Africa for production of two field guides to coral reef fish of the Indo-Pacific region. From 1973 to 1979 he was Curator of Entomology at the Museum of British Columbia. He died of cancer. Somewhat a polymath, he was fluent in a number of languages, and produced the illustrations to a number of his works, culminating in hundreds o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphingidae
The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, but species are found in every region.Scoble, Malcolm J. (1995): ''The Lepidoptera: Form, Function and Diversity'' (2nd edition). Oxford University Press & Natural History Museum London. They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their agile and sustained flying ability, similar enough to that of hummingbirds as to be reliably mistaken for them. Their narrow wings and streamlined abdomens are adaptations for rapid flight. The family was named by French zoologist Pierre André Latreille in 1802. Some hawk moths, such as the hummingbird hawk-moth or the white-lined sphinx, hover in midair while they feed on nectar from flowers, so are sometimes mistaken for hummingbirds. This hovering capability is only known to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
