Macropoliana natalensis

Macropoliana natalensis

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: Sphinginae
Tribus: Sphingini
Genus: Macropoliana
Species: Macropoliana natalensis

Name

Macropoliana natalensis (Butler, 1875)

Type locality: Port Natal [South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal].

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀.

Synonyms

• Diludia natalensis Butler, 1875 (original combination)
• Macropoliana natalensis (Butler, 1875):
• Poliana oheffernani Gess, 1967
• Macropoliana oheffernani (Gess):

References

• Gess, F.W., 1967: Poliana natalensis (Butl.) and P. oheffernani n. sp., two hitherto confused hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from South Africa. Novos taxa entomologicos, 54: 2–10.
• Schmit, Pierre & Jacques Pierre, 2006, Contribution à l'étude du genre Macropoliana Carcasson, 1968 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 111 (4): 539–543.