Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory

Creating a taxonomic e-science

Literature

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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
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
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L. A. Nilsson1998Deep flowers for long tongues
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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, Rabakonandrianina E.1988Hawk-moth scale analysis and pollination specialization in the epilithic Malagasy endemicAerangis ellisii (Reichenb. fil.) Schltr. (Orchidaceae)
A. E. Sallema, Selemani S. S.2022Diversity and abundance of a pollinator group: hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in forests and surrounding farmlands, East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
E. Staller2013Long-spurred orchids and their pollinators - an investigation into multiple hypotheses to explain some of Darwin's contrivances
L. T. Wasserthal2015Angraecum-Orchideen und langrüsslige Schwärmer, Bestäubung und Evolution
L. T. Wasserthal1998Deep flowers for long tongues
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
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