Xanthopan is a monotypic genus of sphinx moth, with Xanthopan morganii (often misspelled as "morgani"), commonly called Morgan's sphinx moth, as its sole...
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colleague, added: [The proboscis of a hawk moth] from tropical Africa ([Xanthopan] morganii) is seven inches and a half [19 cm]. A species having a proboscis...
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hawkmoths (Acherontia species) of Silence of the Lambs fame, and Xanthopan morganii with its enormous proboscis. Tribe Acherontiini Tribe Sphingini Sphingidae...
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not live to see the discovery of Xanthopan morganii. Even after the 1903 discovery however, news of Xanthopan morganii praedicta was not immediately disseminated...
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moth with an equally long proboscis. This was confirmed in 1903 when Xanthopan morganii praedicta was found in Madagascar. Charles Darwin grew up with an...
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the predicted pollinator was discovered, a hawk moth then named Xanthopan morganii praedicta ("praedicta" meaning "the predicted one"). It has an appropriately...
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pollinate it. Twenty years after his death, a form of hawk moth (Xanthopan morganii) that did just that was found. Another example of predictive power...
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Charles Darwin, between the orchid Angraecum sesquipedale and the moth Xanthopan morganii, is found on the island. Highly unstable rainfall in Madagascar was...
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However, Darwin's prediction could be verified in 1903, when the moth Xanthopan morganii praedicta was discovered in Madagascar, with a spirorhomb of that...
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approaching that of another more famous Malagasy sphinx moth, ie, Xanthopan morganii praedicta, which has a proboscis length of over 20 cm Coelonia solani...
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what insect can suck it'- Charles Darwin, Angraecum sesquipedale and Xanthopan morganii praedicta". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (3): 403–432...
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interesting adaptive departure is the unusually long-tongued sphinx moth Xanthopan morganii praedicta. Charles Darwin predicted the existence and proboscis length...
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In greenhouse experiments with potential sphinx moth pollinators, Xanthopan morganii praedicta (A. sesquipedale's pollinator) could not pollinate A. longicalcar...
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interesting adaptive departure is the unusually long-tongued hawk moth Xanthopan morganii praedicta. Charles Darwin predicted the existence and proboscis length...
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pollinator with an equally long tongue. The pollinator, the sphinx moth Xanthopan morganii praedicta, was found and described 40 years after Darwin made his...
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List of Sphingidae species (section Genus Xanthopan)
Sphinx poecila Sphinx sequoiae Sphinx vashti Thamnoecha uniformis Xanthopan morganii Sphingidae of the World Checklist, All-Leps Barcode of Life Pittaway...
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pollinated primarily by long-tongued hawkmoths (Coelonia solani and Xanthopan morganii). The fruits are large (up to 25 cm long), oblong to egg-shaped and...
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community discreditted Darwin's theory, until the 1907 discovery of the Xanthopan morganii praedicta, which helped to support his theory of natural selection...
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pseudopylas (Rothschild, 1894) Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856) Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971 Rhodoneura opalinula...
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jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875) Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856) Arniocera viridifasciata (Aurivillius, 1900) Byblisia...
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1892) Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856) Temnora scitula (Holland, 1889) Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856) Arniocera amoena Jordan, 1907 Chrysotypus quadratus...
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jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875) Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856) Arniocera amoena Jordan, 1907 Arniocera cyanoxantha...
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zantus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Theretra monteironis (Butler, 1882) Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856) Arniocera albiguttata Talbot, 1928 Arniocera amoena...
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orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Theretra tessmanni Gehlen, 1927 Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856) Arniocera cyanoxantha (Mabille, 1893) Arniocera viridifasciata...
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visited would then be pollinated. In 1903, such a moth was discovered: Xanthopan morganii. This was an example of an evolutionary prediction. However, because...
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lasti (Rothschild, 1894) Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856) Xylophanes thyelia (Linnaeus, 1758) Phytophlops nigricella...
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(Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Theretra perkeo Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856) Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Ceratophaga vastellus...
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