Morwennius Cassidy, Allen & Harman 2002 articles

Morwennius

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Morwennius is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Alan Charles Cassidy, Michael G. Allen and Tony W. Harman in 2002.^[2] Its only species, Morwennius decoratus, the ornamented hawkmoth, was described by Frederic Moore in 1872.^[3]

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.^[4]

Female
Female underside

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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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Morwennius: Brief Summary

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

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