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Xanthopan is a
monotypic genus of
sphinx moth, with
Xanthopan morganii (often
misspelled as "morgani"),
commonly called Morgan's
sphinx moth, as its sole...
- 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...
- and
pollinate it.
Twenty years after his death, a form of hawk moth (
Xanthopan morganii) that did just that was found.
Another example of predictive...
- However, Darwin's
prediction could be
verified in 1903, when the moth
Xanthopan morganii praedicta was
discovered in Madagascar, with a
spirorhomb of...
- did not live to see the
discovery of
Xanthopan morganii. Even
after the 1903
discovery however, news of
Xanthopan morganii praedicta was not immediately...
- 1903, the
predicted pollinator was discovered, a hawk moth then
named Xanthopan morganii praedicta ("praedicta"
meaning "the
predicted one"). It has an...
- Darwin's
orchid (Angrae**** sesquipedale) and the moth Morgan's
sphinx (
Xanthopan morgani) have a
mutual relationship where the moth
gains pollen and the...
- death's-head
hawkmoths (Acherontia species) of
Silence of the
Lambs fame, and
Xanthopan morganii with its
enormous proboscis.
Tribe Acherontiini Tribe Sphingini...
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interesting adaptive departure is the
unusually long-tongued
sphinx moth
Xanthopan morganii praedicta.
Charles Darwin predicted the
existence and proboscis...
- moth with an
equally long proboscis. This was
confirmed in 1903 when
Xanthopan morganii praedicta was
found in Madagascar.
Charles Darwin grew up with...