LECTOTYPE [♂] Hawaii: Oahu, Mt Tantalus, [bred 11.x.1919, em. 19.xi.1919 (J.A. Kusche)] [BPBM]; implicitly designated by Zimmerman, 1958, Insects of Hawaii 7: 436, legend to figure 375. The photograph is sufficient to identify the specimen unequivocally and thus the lectotype designation is valid. Its identity as the specimen bred by J.A. Kusche was confirmed by examination of photographs of the specimen, its pupal exuvia and labels (which includes an incorrect holotype label), which have been posted here at http://sphingidae.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/1330/media.
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Hawaiina by Swezey, 1954, B.P. Bishop Mus. Spec. Pub. 44: 37. Synonymized with Celerio wilsoni as a subspecies by Zimmerman, 1958, Insects of Hawaii 7: 439. Transferred to Hyles and implicitly reinstated as a species by d'Abrera, 1987, Sphingidae Mundi: 180. Resynonymized with Hyles wilsoni as a subspecies by Nishida, 1992, Hawaiian Terr. Arth. Checklist: 212. Reinstated as a species by Kitching & Cadiou, 2000, Hawkmoths of the world: 51.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
