Hippotion moorei Jordan, 1926

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FAMILY	Sphingidae
SUBFAMILY	Macroglossinae
GENUS	Hippotion
SPECIES	moorei
AUTHOR	Jordan, 1926
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Hippotion moorei sp. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY	[Tanzania], Tanganyika Territory, Mwanza, Victoria Nyanza, xii.1925–i.1926, leg. M. S. Moore.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Syntypes ♂, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
PUBLICATION	Jordan K. 1926b. On some Old World Sphingidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 33:379–384.
PAGINATION	383

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Synonyms

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
canens	Jordan, 1926	Synonym of species
nuimaculata	Zhu & Wang, 1997	Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Ethiopia		Jordan K. 1926b. On some Old World Sphingidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 33:379–384.	383 (as canens)
Kenya		Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1–148, pls 1–17.	126
Saudi Arabia		Wiltshire E. P. 1983. Insects of Saudi Arabia. Lepidoptera: Fam. Cossidae, Sphingidae, Thyretidae, Geometridae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Noctuidae, Ctenuchidae (Part 3). - Fauna of Saudi Arabia 5:293–332.	296
Somalia		Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1–148, pls 1–17.	126
Tanzania		Jordan K. 1926b. On some Old World Sphingidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 33:379–384.	383
Uganda			P. Basquin
Yemen		Hacker H. H., Schreier H.-P. & Bischof A. 1999. Lepidoptera of Yemen Arab Republic, collected by A. Bischof, H. Hacker and H.-P. Schreier in autumn 1996 and B. Müller in summer 1987. - Esperiana 7:267–282, pls. 7–9.	271 (as canens)

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