Coelonia fulvinotata

Coelonia fulvinotata is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. It is known from most habitats throughout the Afrotropical realm, from the Gambia east to Ethiopia and south to northern South Africa and Madagascar.

Coelonia fulvinotata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Coelonia
Species:
C. fulvinotata
Binomial name
Coelonia fulvinotata
(Butler, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Protoparce fulvinotata Butler, 1875
  • Protoparce mauritii Butler, 1876
  • Coelonia mauritii
  • Macrosila solani Walker, 1856
  • Sphinx solani Herrich-Schäffer, 1854

The length of the forewing is 52–55 mm for males and the wingspan is 101–111 mm. The body and wings are brown, with two bright pink dorsal hair tufts at the base of the abdomen. The forewings are mottled and variegated with lighter brown and dark indistinct wavy lines. The hindwings are darker, with a black basal patch surrounded by a large ochreous yellow patch. Females are larger and darker. The subapical area of forewings is much paler and more conspicuous.

The larvae feed on Lantana camara, Fraxinus floribunda, Clerodendrum heterophyllum, Dahlia variabilis and Duranta plumieri.[2] Adults are pollinators of some species of baobab in Madagascar, including Adansonia za.[3]

Subspecies
  • Coelonia fulvinotata fulvinotata
  • Coelonia fulvinotata nigrescens Basquin, 1992 (São Tomé and Príncipe)

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Coelonia fulvinotata (Butler, 1875)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  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
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