Megacorma obliqua

Male

Female

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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
Subtribus: Acherontiina
Genus: Megacorma
Species: Megacorma obliqua
Subspecies: M. o. hoffmanni – M. o. obliqua – M. o. remota – M. o. schroederi

Name

Megacorma obliqua (Walker, 1856)

Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka].

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonyms

• Macros obliqua Walker, 1856 (original combination)
• Megacorma obliqua (Walker): Rothschild & Jordan, 1903: 15
• Megacorma obliqua remota Jordan, 1924
  • Type locality: Solomon Islands [Papua New Guinea]: Bougainville, Arawa.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. XII.1907. legit A.S. Meek.
• Megacorma iorioi Eitschberger, 2003
  • Type locality: Indonesia: Ceram [Seram].
    • Holotype: EMEM. male ♂. X.1998. legit S. Steinke.

References

• Hogenes, W. & C.G. Treadaway, 1998: The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Supplement 17: 17–132.