Basiothia schenki, the brown striped hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1872. It is known from Zimbabwe and South Africa.[2][3] Adults are also pollinators of Satyrium longicauda[4] and Zaluzianskya natalensis.
| Brown striped hawk | |
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| Male imago (above) and caterpillar feeding on Pentanisia herb (below) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Basiothia |
| Species: | B. schenki
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| Binomial name | |
| Basiothia schenki | |
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The larvae feed on Vernonia species.
References
edit- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ "After dark, moths, as well as bats, take over the pollinating night shift". Aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ^ Jersáková, J.; Johnson, S. D. (June 2007). "Protandry Promotes Male Pollination Success in a Moth-Pollinated Orchid". Functional Ecology. 21 (3): 496–504. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01256.x. JSTOR 4540048.
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