Odontosida pusillus (Felder, 1874)
| FAMILY | Sphingidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Macroglossinae |
| GENUS | Odontosida |
| SPECIES | pusillus |
| AUTHOR | (Felder, 1874) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Smerinthus pusillus F. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Eastern Cape], Kaffraria, Tsomo River, leg. R. Trimen. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865-1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2(4):1-20, pls 1-140. |
| PAGINATION |
9; pl. lxxxii, fig. 1
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Species pictures
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| pulcherrimum | (Rothschild, 1894) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Mozambique | Bąkowski M., László M. & Takano H. 2020. A contribution to the knowledge of the Sphingidae fauna of Mozambique. - Ecologica Montenegrina 35:45-77. | 56 | |
| 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. | 138 |
| South Africa | Eastern Cape | Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865-1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2(4):1-20, pls 1-140. | 9 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Malvaceae | Hermannia sp. | South Africa | Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. | 138 |
