Coelonia fulvinotata

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Coelonia fulvinotata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Coelonia
Species:
C. fulvinotata
Binomial name
Coelonia fulvinotata
(Butler, 1875) [1]
Synonyms
  • Protoparce fulvinotataButler, 1875
  • Protoparce mauritiiButler, 1876
  • Coelonia mauritii
  • Macrosila solaniWalker, 1856
  • Sphinx solaniHerrich-Schäffer, 1854

Coelonia fulvinotata (also known as the fulvous hawk) is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is known from most habitats throughout the Afrotropical realm, from the Gambia east to Ethiopia and south to northern South Africa and Madagascar.

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Description

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The length of the forewing is 52–55 mm for males and the wingspan is 101–111 mm.

Ecology

The larvae feed on Lantana camara , Fraxinus floribunda , Clerodendrum heterophyllum , Dahlia variabilis and Duranta plumieri . [2] Adults are pollinators of some species of baobab in Madagascar, including Adansonia za . [3]

Subspecies

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Coelonia fulvinotata (Butler, 1875)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Baum, D.A., 1995, A Systematic Revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , 1995, Vol. 82, No. 3 (1995), pp. 440-471


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