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. Attié, Kitching, I. J., Veslot, J.2010Patterns of larval hostplant usage among hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from La Réunion, with a comparison of the Mascarenes with other regions of the world
J. Beck, Takano, H., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Kitching, I. J., McCain, C. M.2018Field sampling is biased against small‑ranged species of high conservation value: a case study on the sphingid moths of East Africa
N. Beerli, Bärtschi, F., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Kitching, I. J., Beck, J.2019How has the environment shaped geographical patterns of insect body sizes? A test of hypotheses using sphingid moths
R. Brechlin, Kitching I. J.2014Drei neue Arten der Gattung Cypa Walker, [1865] (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
R. Brechlin, Kitching I. J.2012Eine neue Art der Gattung Callambulyx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
R. Brechlin, Kitching I. J.2010Vier neue Arten der Gattung Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)
R. Brechlin, Kitching I. J.2010Einige Anmerkungen zur moorei-Gruppe der Gattung Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 mit Beschreibung neuer Taxa (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)
R. Brechlin, Kitching I. J.2009Ein Überblick über die Gattung Sataspes Moore, [1858] mit Beschreibung zweier neuer Arten von den Philippinen (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)
R. Brechlin, Kitching I. J.2007Zwei neue Taxa aus der Gattung Acosmeryx Boisduval, [1875] (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
R. Brechlin, Kitching I. J.2001Neue Informationen zu einigen Arten der Gattung Antheraea Hübner 1819 ["1816"] von den Andamanen, Indien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
R. Brechlin, Kitching, I. J., Cadiou, J. - M.2001Description of a new species of the genus Polyptychus Hübner, [1819] "1816" from the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, with notes on several species of the subtribe Choerocampina (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
F. Bärtschi, McCain, C. M., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Kitching, I. J., Beerli, N., Beck, J.2019Elevational richness patterns of sphingid moths support area effects over climatic drivers in a near‐global analysis
J. - M. Cadiou, Kitching I. J.2001Polyptychus affinis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, revisited (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)
J. - M. Cadiou, Kitching I. J.1998A new species of Ampelophaga from Nepal and northeastern India (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
J. - M. Cadiou, Kitching I. J.1998Corrigendum [to the colour plate for "A new species of Ampelophaga from Nepal and northeastern India (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)"]
J. - M. Cadiou, Kitching I. J.1990New Sphingidae from Thailand (Lepidoptera)
Y. Correa-Carmona, Giusti, A., Haxaire, J., Rougerie, R., Kitching, I. J.2021Three new species of the Xylophanes crotonis species-group (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Colombia and a neotype designation for Xylophanes aristor
D. Du, Huang, Y., Naumann, S., Kitching, I. J., Xu, Z., Sun, Y., Wang, X.2022Mitochondrial genomes of two wild silkmoths, Samia watsoni and Samia wangi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), and their phylogenetic implications
S. A. Farooqi, Kitching, I. J., Parwez, H., Joshi, R.2022Range extension of the Macroglossum pyrrhosticta Butler, 1875 in northwestern India (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
C. González, Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Díaz-Díaz, J., Toro-Vargas, D. M., Amarillo-Suarez, A. R., Gey, G., León, C., Tovar, E., Arias, M., Rivera, N., Buitrago, L. S., Pinto-Moraes, R. H., Martins, I. S. Sano, Decaëns, T., González, M. A., Kitching, I. J., Rougerie, R.2023Deadly and venomous Lonomia caterpillars are more than the two usual suspects
M. Grünig, Beerli, N., Ballesteros-Mejia, L., Kitching, I. J., Beck, J.2017How climatic variability is linked to the spatial distribution of range sizes: seasonality versus climate change velocity in sphingid moths
C. A. Hamilton, St Laurent, R. A., Dexter, K., Kitching, I. J., Breinholt, J. W., Zwick, A., Timmermans, M. J. T. N., Barber, J. R., Kawahara, A. Y.2019Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives.
C. A. Hamilton, Winiger, N., Rubin, J. J., Breinholt, J., Rougerie, R., Kitching, I. J., Barber, J. R., Kawahara, A. Y.2022Hidden phylogenomic signal helps elucidate arsenurine silkmoth phylogeny and the evolution of body size and wing shape trade-offs
J. Haxaire, Kitching I. J.2003On the identity of Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) and related species (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)
J. Haxaire, Melichar, T., Kitching, I. J., Brechlin, R.2022A revision of the Asiatic genus Smerinthulus Huwe, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), with the description of three new taxa and notes on its junior synonym, Degmaptera Hampson, 1896
J. Haxaire, Rougerie, R., Mielke, C. G. C., Kitching, I. J.2015Manduca exiguus (Gehlen, 1942): a valid species from southern and southeastern Brazil, Uruguay and northeastern Argentina (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
J. Haxaire, Salesne, T., Kitching, I. J.2022Description of the early stages of Compsulyx cochereaui (Viette, 1971) and a discussion of its systematic position (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Smerinthinae, Ambulycini)
M. Heikkilä, Minet, J., Zwick, A., Hundsdoerfer, A., Rougerie, R., Kitching, I. J.2023Critical re-examination of known purported fossil Bombycoidea (Lepidoptera)
Y. - X. Huang, Xing, Z. - P., Zhang, H., Xu, Z. - B., Tao, L. - L., Hu, H. - Y., Kitching, I. J., Wang, X.2022Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of eight diurnal hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): new insights into the origin and evolution of diurnalism in sphingids
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Kitching I. J.2020Morphological evolution in Hyles Hübner, 1819 hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae): reconstructing the ancestral Hyles habitus
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Kitching I. J.2020Ancient incomplete lineage sorting of Hyles and Rhodafra (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Kitching I. J.2017Historic DNA for taxonomy and conservation: a case study of a century-old Hawaiian hawkmoth type (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Kitching, I. J., Wink, M.2005Morphological variability of Hyles t. tithymali (Boisduval, 1832) caterpillars on the Canary Islands (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Kitching, I. J., Wink, M.2005A molecular phylogeny of the hawkmoth genus Hyles (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, Macroglossinae)
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Kitching, I. J., Wink, M.2005The phylogeny of the Hyles euphorbiae complex (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): molecular evidence from sequence data and ISSR-PCR fingerprints
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Lee, K. M., Kitching, I. J., Mutanen, M.2019Genome-wide SNP Data reveal an overestimation of species diversity in a group of hawkmoths
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Mende, M. B., Harbich, H., Pittaway, A. R., Kitching, I. J.2011Larval pattern morphotypes in the Western Palaearctic Hyles euphorbiae complex (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae)
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Päckert, M., Kehlmaier, C., Strutzenberger, P., Kitching, I. J.2017Museum archives revisited: Central Asiatic hawkmoths reveal exceptionally high late Pliocene species diversification (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)
A. K. Hundsdoerfer, Rubinoff, D., Attié, M., Wink, M., Kitching, I. J.2009A revised molecular phylogeny of the globally distributed hawkmoth genus Hyles (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences
I. I. Ignatov, Janovec, J. P., Centeno, P., Tobler, M. W., Grados, J., Lamas, G., Kitching, I. J.2011Patterns of richness, composition, and distribution of sphingid moths along an elevational gradient in the Andes-Amazon region of southeastern Peru
J. S. Irungbam, Kitching I. J.2014A first record of Clanis hyperion Cadiou & Kitching, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Bhutan, and a preliminary checklist of the hawkmoths of Mendrelgang, Bhutan
N. Ivshin, Kitching I. J.2014A new species of the genus Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from northern Borneo and adjacent territories
G. Iyer, Kitching I. J.2019A preliminary study of the hawkmoth diversity (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India
A. Y. Kawahara, Breinholt, J. W., Ponce, F. V., Haxaire, J., Lei, X., Lamarre, G. P. A., Rubinoff, D., Kitching, I. J.2013Evolution of Manduca sexta hornworms and relatives: biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral diversification in Central America
I. J. Kitching2016A new species of Polyptychus Hübner, [1819] from Cuanza Sul, Angola (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)
I. J. Kitching2011A new species of Leptoclanis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 from Upemba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae)
I. J. Kitching2006The biology of death's head hawkmoths, lepidopteran kleptoparasites of honey bees
I. J. Kitching2003Phylogeny of the death's head hawkmoths, Acherontia [Laspeyres], and related genera (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Sphinginae: Acherontiini)
I. J. Kitching1996Identifying complementary areas for conservation in Thailand: an example using owls, hawkmoths and tiger beetles

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