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]
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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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| Morwennius decoratus | |
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Species synonymy
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Distribution edit
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 edit
The wingspan is about 72 mm.[5]
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Female underside
References edit
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ "Morwennius decoratus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-11-13.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pittaway, A. R.; Kitching, I. J. (2018). "Morwennius decoratus (Moore, 1872) -- Ornamented hawkmoth". Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic. Retrieved December 16, 2018.