Morwennius

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Morwennius
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Morwennius
Cassidy, Allen & Harman, 2002
Species:
M. decoratus
Binomial name
Morwennius decoratus
(Moore, 1872) [1]
Synonyms [2]

Species synonymy

  • Morwennius indochinensisGehlen, 1933
  • Morwennius strigfenestraZhu & Wang, 1997

Morwennius is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Alan Charles Cassidy, Michael G. Allen and Tony W. Harman in 2002. [3] Its only species, Morwennius decoratus, the ornamented hawkmoth, was described by Frederic Moore in 1872. [4]

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Distribution

It is known from Nepal, Sikkim and Assam in north-eastern India, Yunnan in south-western China, northern Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra in Indonesia

Description

The wingspan is about 72 mm. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ "Morwennius decoratus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2023-11-13.
  3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Morwennius​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  4. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Morwennius decoratus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Morwennius decoratus (Moore, 1872) -- Ornamented hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
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