Cephonodes tamsi Griveaud, 1960
Seychelles bee-hawkmoth, Seychelles bee hawkmoth
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1911
Rediscovered on 16 July 1997
Distribution
Mahé, Praslin & Silhouette, Seychelles
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Griveaud, P. (1960). Sur quelques sphingides nouveaux ou peu connus de la région malgache. Bull. Soc. ent. France 65: 40-47.
Other references:
Gerlach, Justin. (1998). New and rediscovered animals in Seychelles. Phelsuma 6: 74-76.
Gerlach, Justin. (2000). The rediscovery of the Seychelles hummingbird hawkmoth Macroglossum alluaudi Joannis, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Phelsuma 8: 79-80.
Gerlach, Justin, Matyot, Pat and Samways, Michael J. (2005). Developing strategies for invertebrate conservation: the case for the Seychelles islands. Phelsuma 13: 9-24.
Kitching, I. J. and Cadiou, J.-M. (2000). Hawkmoths of the world: an annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). The Natural History Museum, London & Cornell University Press, viii + 1-226.
Legrand, H. (1966 "1965"). Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d’Aldabra. Mém. Mus. nat. Hist. nat., sér. A, 37: 1-210, 16 pl.
Matyot, Pat. (2005). The hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Seychelles: identification, historical background, distribution, food plants and ecological considerations. Phelsuma 13: 55-80.