''Basiothia schenki'', the brown striped hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by

Heinrich Benno Möschler Heinrich Benno Möschler (28 October 1831, in Herrnhut – 21 November 1888, in Kronförstchen, near Bautzen) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Möschler was a butterfly dealer and a member of the Entomological Society of S ...

in 1872. It is known from Zimbabwe and South Africa. Basiothia schenki BMNHE274540 female up

It has a close plant-pollinator relationship with ''

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'', whose scent attracts only two hawkmoth species, ''Basiothia schenki'' and '' Agrius convolvuli'', that can effectively pollinate its flower. The moths' proboscis length and the orchid's spur length align perfectly with its petals and position of the pollinaria and stigma, although ''B. schenki'' has a shorter proboscis than ''A. convolvuli'' and must fly almost up to the flower and press against it. Adults are also pollinators of ''

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'' and '' Zaluzianskya natalensis''. The larvae feed on '' Vernonia'' species.

References

Basiothia Moths described in 1872 Lepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Lepidoptera of South Africa Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa {{Macroglossini-stub