Biology:Rhadinopasa

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Short description: Genus of moths

Rhadinopasa
Rhadinopasa hornimani hornimani BMNHE813922 female up.jpg
Rhadinopasa hornimani hornimani
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Rhadinopasa
Karsch, 1891
Species:
R. hornimani
Binomial name
Rhadinopasa hornimani
(H. Druce, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Basiana hornimani H. Druce, 1880
  • Rhadinopasa udei Karsch, 1891

Rhadinopasa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ferdinand Karsch in 1891. Its only species, Rhadinopasa hornimani, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1880. It is known from lowland forest from Gabon, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda and Tanzania.[2]

Species

  • Rhadinopasa hornimani hornimani
  • Rhadinopasa hornimani tanganyikae Clark, 1938 (Tanzania)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1757190 entry