Species Cephonodes cunninghami (Walker, 1856)
- Sesia cunninghami Walker, F. 1856. Sphingidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 8: 1-271 [85].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH. - Macroglossa yunx Boisduval, J.-A. 1875. [1874] Sphingides, Sésiides, Castnides. In, Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères Hétérocères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopedique de Roret Vol. 1 568 pp. [dated 1874 but not published until 1875] [376] [junior objective synonym, S. cunninghami Walker 1856 is a Boisduval manuscript name made available by Walker (1856), and both S. cunninghami and M. yunx have the same specimen as their lectotypes].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH.
Generic Combinations
- Cephonodes hylas cunninghami (Walker, 1856). —
Rothschild, L.W. & Jordan, K. 1903. A revision of the Lepidopterous family Sphingidae. Novitates Zoologicae Supplement 9: i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67 [468]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Cephonodes picus Cramer, 1777 [a misidentification]. —
Kitching, I.J. & Cadiou, J.-M. 2000. Hawkmoths of the World, an annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). London; Ithaca & London : The Natural History Museum, Comstock Publishing Associates vii +226 pp. [89]
Introduction
Moulds et al. (2020) presented evidence that suggests the species referred to as C. picus in Australia is different to specimens collected from the Coromandel Coast, India (type location for C. picus). Based on genetic and morphological data they treated Australian specimens of 'C. picus' as a separate species, with the next available name being C. cunninghami (Walker, 1856), previously treated as a synonym of C. picus (see Moulds et al. (2020) for further details).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, northwest corner of NT, and eastern QLD from Torres Strait to Brisbane; Timor, Philippines, Tuvalu (see Moulds et al. 2020)
IBRA
NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Coral Sea Islands Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
General References
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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Macroglossinae | 11-Sep-2020 | ADDED |