Rufoclanis numosae (Wallengren, 1860)

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FAMILY	Sphingidae
SUBFAMILY	Smerinthinae
GENUS	Rufoclanis
SPECIES	numosae
AUTHOR	(Wallengren, 1860)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Smerinthus numosae n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa], Caffraria, leg. J. A. Wahlberg.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	/
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Holotype, SNHM.
STATUS	Species
COMMENT	Transferred to Rufoclanis by R. H. Carcasson (1968: 35). Male described by C. J. Swierstra (1909: 226 – https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50471029).
PUBLICATION	Wallengren H. D. J. 1860. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. - Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 4(2):33–46, (6): 161–176.
PAGINATION	42

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Subspecies

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS
numosae	(Wallengren, 1860)	Subspecies
subjectus	(Walker, 1869)	Subspecies
rostislavi	Haxaire & Melichar, 2008	Subspecies
mimosae	(Wallengren, 1865)	Synonym of subspecies
cytis	(Druce, 1882)	Synonym of subspecies
consanguineus	(Distant, 1899)	Synonym of subspecies
hesperus	(Rothschild & Jordan, 1916)	Synonym of subspecies
fumosus	(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)	Synonym of subspecies
pelops	(Fawcett, 1915)	Synonym of subspecies
kindunus	(Strand, 1918)	Synonym of subspecies

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Angola		Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1916b. Further corrections of and additions to our "Revision of the Sphingidae". - Novitates Zoologicae 23:247–263.	261 (as hesperus)
Botswana		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63.	134
Congo		Darge Ph. 2011d. Contribution to the Lepidoptera biodiversity in Africa, II: Lepidoptera of the swamp forest in the region of Ouesso (north of the Congo Brazaville Republic). - Saturnafrica 8:32–35.	34
Democratic Republic of Congo		Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325–378, pls 5–7.	328 (as subjectus)
Ethiopia		Rougeot P.-C. 1984. Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1976–1982. Fascicule II. - Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A)128:1–93, pls 1–18.	58 (as subjecta)
Kenya		Fawcett J. M. 1915. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–12. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1915(1):91–113, pls. 1–2.	107 (as pelops)
Malawi		Joly C., Bernaud D., Pierre J. & Murphy R. 2008. Second entomological mission to Malawi. - Lambillionea 108(Supplément):3–47.	13 (as subjecta)
Mozambique		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63.	134
Namibia		Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1916b. Further corrections of and additions to our "Revision of the Sphingidae". - Novitates Zoologicae 23:247–263.	260 (as hesperus)
South Africa		Wallengren H. D. J. 1860. Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen. - Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 4(2):33–46, (6): 161–176.	42
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63.	134
South Africa	Western Cape	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i–iv, 1–273, pls 1–63.	134
South Africa	Mpumalanga	Distant W. L. 1899a. Some apparently undescribed insects from the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 3:461–465.	179 (as consanguineus)
Tanzania		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.	36
Zambia		Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388–510, pls 36–41.	462
Zimbabwe		Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1916b. Further corrections of and additions to our "Revision of the Sphingidae". - Novitates Zoologicae 23:247–263.	261 (as hesperus)

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