Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory

Creating a taxonomic e-science

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. Wasserthal2013Evolution of long-tongued hawkmoths and pollination of long-spurred Angraecum orchids
L. T. Wasserthal2015Angraecum-Orchideen und langrüsslige Schwärmer, Bestäubung und Evolution
G. Wannenmacher, Wasserthal L. T.2003Contribution of the maxillary muscles to proboscis movement in hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)—an electrophysiological study
F. Walker1856Sphingidae
L. van der Pijl, Dodson C. H.1966Orchid flowers: their pollination and evolution
E. Staller2013Long-spurred orchids and their pollinators - an investigation into multiple hypotheses to explain some of Darwin's contrivances
V. M. Spitsyn, Spitsyna, E. A., Burchalovskaia, P. D., Bolotov, I. N.2022A review of the Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Zanzibar (Unguja) Island (Tanzania)
D. G. Sevastopulo1958Field notes from East Africa. - IX
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
J. J. Rubin2022Darwin’s Hawkmoth (Xanthopan praedicta) responds to bat ultrasound at sonar-jamming rates
L. W. Rothschild, Jordan K.1903A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae
J. Pierre, Michaloud, S., Pierre-Baltus, C.1985Élevages de quelques Lépidoptères sphingides à Makokou, Gabon
P. Oremans, Pierre J.2002Les Sphinx de São Tomé (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)
L. A. Nilsson1998Deep flowers for long tongues
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)
C. Micheneau, Johnson, S. D., Fay, M. F.2009Orchid pollination: from Darwin to the present day
D. J. Martins, Johnson S. D.2007Hawkmoth pollination of aerangoid orchids in Kenya, with specieal reference to nectar sugar concentration gradients in the floral spurs
G. Kritsky1991Darwin's Madagascan hawk moth prediction
I. J. Kitching2002The phylogenetic relationships of Morgan's Sphinx, {IXanthopan morganii} (Walker), the tribe Acherontiini, and allied long-tongued hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, Sphinginae)
I. J. Kitching2003Phylogeny of the death's head hawkmoths, Acherontia [Laspeyres], and related genera (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Sphinginae: Acherontiini)
F. Karsch1891Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss auf der Barombi-Station in Kamerun gesammelten Sphingiden
M. C. Göpfert, Wasserthal L. T.1999Hearing with the mouthparts: behavioural responses and the structural basis of ultrasound perception in acherontiine hawkmoths
B. Dvořák2020Zur Verbreitung und Morphologie von Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856) - Falterfunde aus Südafrika und eine Raupe aus Tansania (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
B. Dvořák2022Eine Revision der Cocytiina Tutt, 1904 mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Gattung Panogena Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
B. Dvořák2022Distinktive Merkmale der Raupen von Xanthopan Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 auf Madagaskar (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
P. Denso1944Einzeldarstellungen zu madagassischen Schmetterlingen
G. W. Beccaloni2017Wallace's moth and Darwin's orchid
P. Basquin2017État de nos connaissances des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de São Tomé et Principe
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
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith