Coelonia solani
Coelonia solani male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Coelonia
Species:
C. solani
Binomial name
Coelonia solani
(Boisduval, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx solani Boisduval, 1833
  • Sphinx astaroth Boisduval, 1875
  • Coelonia solani grisescens Saalmüller, 1884

Coelonia solani is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Mauritius, Réunion (formerly known as Île Bourbon), Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.[2] It is a pollinator of some species of baobab in Madagascar, including Adansonia za.[3]

It is notable for having an extremely long proboscis (up to 19 cm long), approaching that of another more famous Malagasy sphinx moth, ie, Xanthopan morganii praedicta, which has a proboscis length of over 20 cm[4][5]

Subspecies

  • Coelonia solani solani (Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar)
  • Coelonia solani comoroana Clark, 1927 (Comoros)

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  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. ↑ Baum, D.A., 1995, A Systematic Revision of Adansonia (Bombacaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden , 1995, Vol. 82, No. 3 (1995), pp. 440-471
  4. ↑ Wasserthal, Lutz (October 5, 2013). "EVOLUTION OF LONG-TONGUED HAWKMOTHS AND POLLINATION OF LONG-SPURRED ANGRAECUM ORCHIDS". WOC Orchid. 20: 280–284.
  5. ↑ Wasserthal, L. T. (October 1997). "The Pollinators of the Malagasy Star OrchidsAngraecum sesquipedale, A. sororiumandA. compactumand the Evolution of Extremely Long Spurs by Pollinator Shift". Botanica Acta. 110 (5): 343–359. doi:10.1111/j.1438-8677.1997.tb00650.x. ISSN 0932-8629.


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