Morwennius

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]

Morwennius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Morwennius Cassidy, Allen & Harman, 2002
Species:	M. decoratus
Binomial name
Morwennius decoratus (Moore, 1872)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Species synonymy Morwennius indochinensis Gehlen, 1933 Morwennius strigfenestra Zhu & Wang, 1997

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]

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  Female
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  Female underside

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. "Morwennius decoratus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Morwennius​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
4. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Morwennius decoratus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
5. Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Morwennius decoratus (Moore, 1872) -- Ornamented hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.