Falcatula falcatus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)

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FAMILY Sphingidae
SUBFAMILY Smerinthinae
GENUS Falcatula
SPECIES falcatus
AUTHOR(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONPolyptychus falcatus spec. nov.
TYPE LOCALITY[Zimbabwe], Mashonaland, Salisbury [Harare].
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -17°51'40" Longitude: 31°1'45"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀, BMNH.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 9(Supplement):i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67.
PAGINATION 247-248; pl. 10, fig. 12 Bhl

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Burkina Faso   Basquin P. 1989. Deux nouveaux lépidoptères du Burkina Faso (Lepidoptera Sphingidae et Saturnidae). - Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat 62:13-14. 13
Cameroon   Darge Ph. 1983. Liste provisoire des Sphingidae du Cameroun (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 87 (1982)(9-10):377-381. 378
Central African Republic   Basquin P. & Pierre J. 2005. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphinx de la République Centrafricaine avec descriptions de nouvelles espèce et sous-espèce et d'une femelle inédite (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 110(4-5):495-508. 500
Congo   Haxaire J. & Melichar T. 2008b. Un nouveau Sphingidae de l'est africain : Falcatula svaricki sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). - The European Entomologist 1(2):67-73. 71
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 133
Côte d'Ivoire   Schmit P. 2021b. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphingidae d'Ouganda (Lepidoptera). - Saturnafrica 29:21-38. 26
Equatorial Guinea   D'Abrera B. 1987. Sphingidae Mundi. Hawk Moths of the world based on a checklist by Alan Hayes and the collection he curated in the British Museum (Natural History). - — :1-226. 76
Ethiopia   Haxaire J. & Melichar T. 2008b. Un nouveau Sphingidae de l'est africain : Falcatula svaricki sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). - The European Entomologist 1(2):67-73. 71
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. 31
Malawi   Rothschild W. 1919. List of types of Lepidoptera in the Tring museum. - Novitates Zoologicae 26(1):193-251. 209
Mozambique   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 133
Tanzania   Carcasson R. H. 1965. New Lepidoptera from East Africa. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 25(2):131-160. 31
Uganda   Carcasson R. H. 1965. New Lepidoptera from East Africa. - Journal of the East African Natural History Society 25(2):131-160. 31
Zambia   Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. - — :i-iv, 1-273, pls 1-63. 133
Zimbabwe   Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 9(Supplement):i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67. 247

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Anacardiaceae Sclerocarya caffra West Africa MacNulty B. J. 1970. Outline life histories of some West African Lepidoptera. Part III Sphingidae. - Proceedings of the British Entomological and Natural History Society 3:95-122, pl. 6. 102
Fabaceae Erythrina abyssinica West Africa MacNulty B. J. 1970. Outline life histories of some West African Lepidoptera. Part III Sphingidae. - Proceedings of the British Entomological and Natural History Society 3:95-122, pl. 6. 102
Fabaceae Erythrina excelsa   Kühne L. 2008. Sphingidae, Eupterotidae, Bombycidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiinae, and Aganaidae. - In: Kühne, L. (Ed.) Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya). - — :81-92, 117-124, 135-144, 157-170. 82
Anacardiaceae Sclerocarya caffra East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 100