Morwennius decoratus

Morwennius decoratus, ♂,♀, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Sphingidae
Subfamilia: Smerinthinae
Tribus: Smerinthini
Genus: Morwennius
Species: Morwennius decoratus

Name

Morwennius decoratus (Moore, 1872)

Type locality: Sikkim

Holotype: Not located

Synonymy

• Smerinthus decoratus Moore, 1872: 568; Rothschild & Jordan, 1907; D'Abrera, 1987: 85. '♂' recte ♀; Cassidy, et al., 2002: 225.
• Triptogon decorata Butler, 1876: 588.
• Marumba decoratus Kirby, 1892: 707.
• Cypa decorata Hampson, 1893: 71.
• Marumba decoratus indochinensis Gehlen, 1933, Laos. Synonymised by Inoué et. al., 1996.
• Mimas strigfenestra Zhu & Wang, 1997, Yunnan. Synonymised by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000.
• Morwennius decoratus (Moore); Cassidy, Allen & Harman, 2002: 226.

References

• Butler, A. G. 1876. Revision of the heterocerous Lepidoptera of the family Sphingidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 9: 511-644. Reference page. 
• Cassidy, A.C., Allen, M.G. & Harman, T., 2002. The generic position of Smerinthus decoratus Moore (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 53(4): 225–228.Reference page. 
• Chu, H.F. & Wang, L.Y. 1997. Fauna Sinica: Insecta, Volume 11: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae. Beijing: Science Press. 410 pp. Reference page. 
• D'Abrera, B., 1987. Sphingidae mundi; Hawk Moths of the World. 226pp. E.W. Classey, Faringdon. Reference page. 
• Gehlen, B., 1933. Neue Sphingiden. Entomologische Zeitschrift 47: 86–87. PDF Reference page. 
• Hampson, G.F. 1893. In Blanford, W. T. (Ed.) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma (Moths) 1. xxiii, 527pp. Taylor and Frances, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Innoué, H., Kennett, R. D. and Kitching, I. J., 1996. Sphingidae. In Pinratana, A. (Ed.), Moths of Thailand. 2. vi, 149pp., 44 pls. Chok Kai Press, Bangkok. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. F., 1892. Sphinges and Bombyces. A synonymical catalogue of the Lepidoptera Heterocera. 1. 951pp.. Gurney & Jackson, London. BHL. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1872. Descriptions of new Indian Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872: 555-583, pls 32-34. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologae 9 (Suppl.): 1–972. BHL Reference page. 

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