Rhadinopasa Explained

Rhadinopasa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Ferdinand Karsch in 1891. Its only species, Rhadinopasa hornimani, was first described by Herbert Druce in 1880. It is known from lowland forest from Gabon, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda and Tanzania.^[1]

Species

• Rhadinopasa hornimani hornimani
• Rhadinopasa hornimani tanganyikae Clark, 1938 (Tanzania)

References

• Mackey. A. P. . The Biogeographic Relationships of the New Guinea Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) . Australian Journal of Entomology. 16. 4. 1978. 361–365. 1326-6756. 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1977.tb00119.x. free.

Notes and References

1. Carcasson . R. H. . Robert Herbert Carcasson . 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 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.