Lomocyma

Last updated

Lomocyma
Lomocyma oegrapha BMNHE274212 female up.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Sphingini
Genus: Lomocyma
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
L. oegrapha
Binomial name
Lomocyma oegrapha
(Mabille, 1884) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx oegraphaMabille, 1884

Lomocyma is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Lomocyma oegrapha, first described by Paul Mabille in 1884, lives in Madagascar. [2]

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173. doi:10.5962/p.238439 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.