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Praedora marshalli (Marshall's hawkmoth)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Family: Sphingidae (hawkmoths) > Subfamily: Sphinginae

Praedora Marshalli Male

Praedora marshalli male [photo J. Joannou ©]

Named after Sir Guy Marshall.

Distribution

'Transvaal' (South Africa), Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda (Pinhey 1975).

Larval host-plants

Unknown.

Publications

  • Pinhey, E.C.G. 1975. Moths of Southern Africa. Tafelberg, Cape Town.