Biology:Morwennius
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Morwennius Cassidy, Allen & Harman, 2002 |
| Species: | M. decoratus
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| Binomial name | |
| Morwennius decoratus (Moore, 1872)[1]
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Species synonymy
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Morwennius is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae described by Alan Charles Cassidy, Michael G. Allen and Tony W. Harman in 2002.[3] Its only species, Morwennius decoratus, the ornamented hawkmoth, was described by Frederic Moore in 1872.[4]
Distribution
It is known from Nepal, Sikkim and Assam in north-eastern India, Yunnan in south-western China, northern Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra in Indonesia
Description
The wingspan is about 72 mm.[5]
Female
Female underside
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Morwennius/decoratus.html.
- ↑ "Morwennius decoratus". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/10235824.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Morwennius". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=2297544.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Morwennius decoratus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=54210.
- ↑ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Morwennius decoratus (Moore, 1872) -- Ornamented hawkmoth". http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/m_dec.htm.
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