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Basiothia schenki

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Species of moth

Brown striped hawk
Male imago (above) and caterpillar feeding on Pentanisia herb (below)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Basiothia
Species: B. schenki
Binomial name
Basiothia schenki
(Moschler, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa schenki Möschler, 1872
  • Chaerocampa protocharis Möschler, 1872

Basiothia schenki, the brown striped hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1872. It is known from Zimbabwe and South Africa. Adults are also pollinators of Satyrium longicauda and Zaluzianskya natalensis.

The larvae feed on Vernonia species.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "After dark, moths, as well as bats, take over the pollinating night shift". Aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  4. Jersáková, J.; Johnson, S. D. (June 2007). "Protandry Promotes Male Pollination Success in a Moth-Pollinated Orchid". Functional Ecology. 21 (3): 496–504. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01256.x. JSTOR 4540048.
Taxon identifiers
Basiothia schenki
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