Microsphinx pumilum (Boisduval, 1875)

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Nomenclature

Subtribe: Macroglossini incertae sedis

Genus: Microsphinx

Species:

Microsphinx pumilum (Boisduval, 1875)

Usage:

valid

Reference:

Histoire naturelle des insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères Hétérocères. 1. Sphingides, Sésiides, Castnides 312

Type data:

SYNTYPES [South Africa:] Caffrarie [Natal] (Drège); [South Africa:] "le pays des Amazoulous" [Kwazulu] (Delegorgue) [CMNH].

Taxonomic Notes:

Transferred to Microsphinx by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. zool. 9 (suppl.): 593.

Nomenclature notes:

Published earlier as a nomen nudum by Boisduval, 1847, in: Delegorgue, Voyage Afrique australe 2: 594.

Synonyms: 2

Media

Microsphinx pumilum, male, upperside. South Africa, O.F.S., Sepani

Microsphinx pumilum, male, upperside. South Africa, O.F.S., Sepani

Microsphinx pumilum, male, underside. South Africa, O.F.S., Sepani

Microsphinx pumilum, male, underside. South Africa, O.F.S., Sepani

Microsphinx pumilum, female, upperside. South Africa, O.F.S., Sepani

Microsphinx pumilum, female, upperside. South Africa, O.F.S., Sepani

Microsphinx pumilum, female, underside. South Africa, O.F.S., Sepani

Microsphinx pumilum, female, underside. South Africa, O.F.S., Sepani

Distribution