Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory

Creating a taxonomic e-science

Literature

AuthorsYearsort descendingTitle
C. Darwin1862On the various contrivances by which British and foreign orchids are fertilised by insects, and on the good effects of intercrossing
P. Denso1944Einzeldarstellungen zu madagassischen Schmetterlingen
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
G. Kritsky1991Darwin's Madagascan hawk moth prediction
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
C. Micheneau, Johnson, S. D., Fay, M. F.2009Orchid pollination: from Darwin to the present day
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
L. T. Wasserthal2013Evolution of long-tongued hawkmoths and pollination of long-spurred Angraecum orchids
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. Rajaovelona, Gardiner L.2016Angraecum longicalcar: saving a critically endangered orchid
G. W. Beccaloni2017Wallace's moth and Darwin's orchid
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
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. 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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