Maassenia heydeni | |
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Adult, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Maassenia |
Species: | M. heydeni |
Binomial name | |
Maassenia heydeni (Saalmuller, 1884) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Maassenia heydeni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. [2]
The wingspan is 50–80 mm.
Hippotion aurora is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar, Assumption Island, the Farquhar Islands and the Glorioso Islands.
Hippotion eson is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is very common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar and the Seychelles. It is a migratory species.
Hippotion geryon is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
Hippotion osiris is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is common throughout most of the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar and the Seychelles. Occasional vagrants have been recorded from Spain. It is uncommon on the East African coast. This species is an occasional migrant.
Macroglossum aesalon is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1879. It is known from Madagascar, Mauritius and the Comoro Islands.
Macroglossum trochilus, the African hummingbird hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1823. It is very common in most habitats throughout southern and eastern Africa and in the Comoro Islands.
Maassenia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae.
Dargeclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, consisting of one species, Dargeclanis grandidieri, which is known from Madagascar and the Comoros.
Batocnema coquerelii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar, the Aldabra Islands and the Comoro Islands.
Antinephele lunulata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It was described by Rothschild and Jordan in 1903, and is known from forests and wooded habitats from Sierra Leone to Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania, as well as Madagascar.
Coelonia solani is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. It is a pollinator of some species of baobab in Madagascar, including Adansonia za.
Panogena lingens is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
Temnora fumosa is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found in most habitats throughout Africa south of the Sahara.
Temnora leighi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Comoro Islands.
Temnora marginata is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is known from savannah and woodland in eastern and southern Africa.
Temnora pseudopylas is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is very common in eastern and southern Africa, but absent in very dry habitats.
Nephele densoi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
Nephele oenopion is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Africa.
Maassenia distincta is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar.
Theretra orpheus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of Africa.