Lophostethus dumolinii (Arrow sphinx hawkmoth)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Family: Sphingidae (hawkmoths) > Subfamily: Sphinginae

Lophostethus dumolinii  male [photo J. Joannou ©]

Distribution

Tropical and subtropical regions of Africa extending as far south as the Eastern Cape (South Africa) (Pinhey 1975 p. 134).

Larval host-plants

Recorded in Kroon (1999).

Carissa macrocarpa Family: Apocynaceae
Dombeya cymosa. Family: Malvaceae
Dombeya rotundifolia Family: Malvaceae
Grewia bicolor Family: Malvaceae
Grewia occidentalis Family: Malvaceae
Hibiscus micranthus Family: Malvaceae
Hibiscus panduriformis Family: Malvaceae
Hibiscus tiliaceus Family: Malvaceae

Publications

• Kroon, D.M. 1999. Lepidoptera of Southern Africa - Host-plants and other Associations. A Catalogue. Published by the author and Lepidopterists' Society of Africa, P.O. Box 477, Jukskei Park 2153, South Africa. 

• Pinhey, E.C.G. 1975. Moths of Southern Africa. Tafelberg, Cape Town.