TY - JOUR T1 - Evolutionary functional morphology of the proboscis and feeding apparatus of hawk moths (Sphingidae: Lepidoptera) JF - Journal of Morphology Y1 - 2022 DO - 10.1002/jmor.21510 A1 - Reinwald, C. A1 - Bauder, J.A.-S. A1 - Karolyi, F. A1 - Neulinger, M. A1 - Jaros, S. A1 - Metscher, B. A1 - Krenn, H.W. SP - 1390 EP - 1410 KW - ACHERONTIA KW - AGRIUS KW - ANATOMY KW - DEILEPHILA KW - EUMORPHA KW - EURYGLOTTIS KW - HYLOICUS KW - MACROGLOSSUM KW - MANDUCA KW - MICRO-CT KW - MIMAS KW - MUSCULATURE KW - NEOCOCYTIUS KW - PACHYLIA KW - PROBOSCIS KW - PROTAMBULYX KW - SENSILLA KW - SMERINTHUS KW - SPHINGIDAE KW - XYLOPHANES AB -

"The morphology of the proboscis and associated feeding organs was studied in several nectar‐feeding hawk moths, as well as a specialized honey‐feeder and two supposedly nonfeeding species. The proboscis lengths ranged from a few millimeters to more than 200 mm. Despite the variation in proboscis length and feeding strategy, the principle external and internal composition of the galeae, the stipes pump, and the suction pump were similar across all species. The morphology of the smooth and slender proboscis is highly conserved among all lineages of nectar‐feeding Sphingidae. Remarkably, they share a typical arrangement of the sensilla at the tip. The number and length of sensilla styloconica are independent from proboscis length. A unique proboscis morphology was found in the honey‐feeding species Acherontia atropos. Here, the distinctly pointed apex displays a large subterminal opening of the food canal, and thus characterizes a novel type of piercing proboscis in Lepidoptera. In the probably nonfeeding species, the rudimentary galeae are not interlocked and the apex lacks sensilla styloconica; galeal muscles, however, are present. All studied species demonstrate an identical anatomy of the stipes, and suction pump, regardless of proboscis length and diet. Even supposedly nonfeeding Sphingidae possess all organs of the feeding apparatus, suggesting that their proboscis rudiments might still be functional. The morphometric analyses indicate significant positive correlations between galea lumen volume and stipes muscle volume as well as the volume of the food canal and the muscular volume of the suction pump. Size correlations of these functionally connected organs reflect morphological fine‐tuning in the evolution of proboscis length and function."

VL - 283 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmor.21510 IS - 11 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Abundance and species richness of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in the fragmented landscape of Santa Cruz (Bolivia) JF - Ecología en Bolivia Y1 - 2013 A1 - Karger, D.N. A1 - Abrahamczyk, S. A1 - Kessler, M. SP - 46 EP - 51 KW - ABUNDANCE KW - ADHEMARIUS KW - AGRIUS KW - BOLIVIA KW - CALLIONIMA KW - COCYTIUS KW - ENYO KW - ERINNYIS KW - EUMORPHA KW - MADORYX KW - MANDUCA KW - NEOCOCYTIUS KW - PACHYLIA KW - PACHYLIOIDES KW - PERIGONIA KW - PROTAMBULYX KW - PSEUDOSPHINX KW - SPHINGIDAE KW - WORLDMAP1 KW - XYLOPHANES VL - 48 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Les Lépidoptères Sphingidae de République Dominicaine. Liste actualisée et description de deux nouvelles espèces. (Lepidoptera Sphingidae) JF - The European Entomologist Y1 - 2016 A1 - Haxaire, J. SP - 61 EP - 78 KW - AELLOPOS KW - AGRIUS KW - BAHAMAS KW - CALLIONIMA KW - CATALOGUE KW - CAUTETHIA KW - COCYTIUS KW - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC KW - ENYO KW - ERINNYIS KW - EUMORPHA KW - EUPYRRHOGLOSSUM KW - HYLES KW - ISOGNATHUS KW - LINTNERIA KW - MALE GENITALIA KW - MANDUCA KW - NANNOPARCE KW - PACHYLIA KW - PACHYLIOIDES KW - PERIGONIA KW - PHRYXUS KW - PROTAMBULYX KW - PSEUDOSPHINX KW - SPHINGIDAE KW - WORLDMAP1 KW - XYLOPHANES AB -

"A checklist of the known Sphingidae of the Dominican Republic is given, based on two collecting trips undertaken by the author and examination of material in museum collections. Two species belonging to the genus Aellopos Hübner, [1819] are recorded for the first time and two new species, recently collected in April  2016 in the La Vega Province, are described as new."

VL - 8 IS - 2 ER - TY - BOOK T1 - A recognition guide to the insects of St. Lucia. 2: Hawkmoths. Lepidoptera, Sphingoidea Y1 - 1979 A1 - Hunt, D. A1 - Mitchell, G. SP - 36 KW - ABUNDANCE KW - ADHEMARIUS KW - AELLOPOS KW - AGRIUS KW - COCYTIUS KW - ENYO KW - ERINNYIS KW - EUMORPHA KW - FLIGHT PERIOD KW - HYLES KW - KEY KW - LESSER ANTILLES KW - MADORYX KW - MANDUCA KW - NEOCOCYTIUS KW - PACHYLIA KW - PERIGONIA KW - PHRYXUS KW - PROTAMBULYX KW - PSEUDOSPHINX KW - SAINT LUCIA KW - SPHINGIDAE KW - WORLDMAP1 KW - XYLOPHANES PB - W.I.N.B.A.N. & the St. Lucia Naturalists' Society CY - St Lucia ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Catalogue raisonné des insectes des Antilles Françaises, 1. Lépidoptères: Sphingidae JF - Annales des Epiphyties (et de Phylogénétique) Y1 - 1966 A1 - D'Aguilar, J. SP - 251 EP - 262 KW - AELLOPOS KW - AGRIUS KW - COCYTIUS KW - ENYO KW - ERINNYIS KW - EUMORPHA KW - FOODPLANT KW - GUADELOUPE KW - MADORYX KW - MANDUCA KW - MARTINIQUE KW - NEOCOCYTIUS KW - PACHYLIA KW - PERIGONIA KW - PROTAMBULYX KW - PSEUDOSPHINX KW - SPHINGIDAE KW - WORLDMAP1 KW - XYLOPHANES VL - 17 ER -