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Species of moth

Coelonia solani
Coelonia solani male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Coelonia
Species: C. solani
Binomial name
Coelonia solani
(Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Sphinx solani Boisduval, 1833
  • Sphinx astaroth Boisduval, 1875
  • Coelonia solani grisescens Saalmüller, 1884

Coelonia solani is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mauritius, Réunion (formerly known as Île Bourbon), Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. It is a pollinator of some species of baobab in Madagascar, including Adansonia za.

It is notable for having an extremely long proboscis (up to 19 cm long), approaching that of another more famous Malagasy sphinx moth, ie, Xanthopan morganii praedicta, which has a proboscis length of over 20 cm

Subspecies

  • Coelonia solani solani (Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar)
  • Coelonia solani comoroana Clark, 1927 (Comoros)

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Baum, D.A., 1995, A Systematic Revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , 1995, Vol. 82, No. 3 (1995), pp. 440-471
  4. Wasserthal, Lutz (October 5, 2013). "EVOLUTION OF LONG-TONGUED HAWKMOTHS AND POLLINATION OF LONG-SPURRED ANGRAECUM ORCHIDS". WOC Orchid. 20: 280–284.
  5. Wasserthal, L. T. (October 1997). "The Pollinators of the Malagasy Star OrchidsAngraecum sesquipedale, A. sororiumandA. compactumand the Evolution of Extremely Long Spurs by Pollinator Shift". Botanica Acta. 110 (5): 343–359. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00650.x. ISSN 0932-8629.
Taxon identifiers
Coelonia solani


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