Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory

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Literature

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L. T. Wasserthal1996Of hawkmoth species with long "tongues". Tropical biocenoses
L. T. Wasserthal1997The pollinators of the Malagasy Star Orchids Angraecum sesquipedale, A. sororium and A. compactum and the evolution of extremely long spurs by pollinator shift
L. T. Wasserthal1998Deep flowers for long tongues
L. T. Wasserthal2015Angraecum-Orchideen und langrüsslige Schwärmer, Bestäubung und Evolution
E. Staller2013Long-spurred orchids and their pollinators - an investigation into multiple hypotheses to explain some of Darwin's contrivances
L. A. Nilsson, Rabakonandrianina E.1988Hawk-moth scale analysis and pollination specialization in the epilithic Malagasy endemicAerangis ellisii (Reichenb. fil.) Schltr. (Orchidaceae)
L. A. Nilsson, Jonsson, L., Rason, L., Randrianjohany, E.1985Monophily and pollination mechanisms in Angraecum arachnites Schltr. (Orchidaceae) in a guild of long-tongued hawk-moths (Sphingidae) in Madagascar
L. A. Nilsson, Jonsson, L., Ralison, L., Randrianjohany, E.1987Angraecoid orchids and hawkmoths in central Madagascar: specialized pollination systems and generalist foragers
L. A. Nilsson1998Deep flowers for long tongues
C. Netz, Renner S. S.2017Long-spurred Angraecum orchids and long-tongued sphingid moths on Madagascar: a time frame for Darwin’s predicted Xanthopan/Angraecum coevolution
J. Minet, Basquin, P., Haxaire, J., Lees, D. C., Rougerie, R.2021A new taxonomic status for Darwin's "predicted" pollinator: Xanthopan praedicta stat. nov. (Lepidoptera Sphingidae Sphinginae)
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G. Kritsky1991Darwin's Madagascan hawk moth prediction
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Wasserthal, L. T.1993Swing-hovering combined with long tongue in hawkmoths, an antipredator adaptation during flower visits. Pp. 77-87 in
M. G. Balducci, Martins, D. J., Johnson, S. D.2019Pollination of the long-spurred African terrestrial orchid Bonatea steudneri by long-tongued hawkmoths, notably Xanthopan morganii
J. Arditti, Elliott, J., Kitching, I. J., Wasserthal, L. T.2012'Good Heavens what insect can suck it' - Charles Darwin, Angraecum sesquipedale and Xanthopan morganii praedicta
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