* . *
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Earth-News
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Why Hilaria Baldwin Has Found the ‘DWTS’ Process ‘Embarrassing’ At Times – WFXG

    Hilaria Baldwin Opens Up About the Embarrassing Moments on Her ‘DWTS’ Journey

    Harvest Fest 2025 – yadkinripple.com

    Celebrate the Bounty: Harvest Fest 2025 is Coming!

    Fox News Entertainment Newsletter: Kate Middleton stuns during Trump state visit, Brett James dead at 57 – Fox News

    Kate Middleton Stuns During Trump State Visit; Remembering Brett James at 57

    Lara Beitz to headline Oshkosh show with top comedians at Time Community Theater Sept. 27 – Yahoo

    Lara Beitz to Headline Star-Studded Oshkosh Comedy Night on September 27

    Shakespeare (with a twist) in Grand Junction – Yahoo

    Experience Shakespeare Like Never Before in Grand Junction

    Congress Bill Spotlight: Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act, Renaming Kennedy Center to Trump Center – The Fulcrum

    Congress Proposes MEGA Act to Rename Kennedy Center as Trump Center and Revitalize Entertainment

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Agentic AI and the future of work: navigating technological promise and the risk of increased automation – Equal Times

    Agentic AI and the Future of Work: Embracing Innovation While Navigating Automation Challenges

    Technology alliance introduces system for stable recycling quality – RECYCLING magazine

    Innovative Technology Alliance Unveils Breakthrough System for Consistent Recycling Quality

    Pepper Pike council considers upgrading technology for streaming meetings, remote meeting participation – Cleveland.com

    Pepper Pike Council Explores Upgrading Technology for Enhanced Streaming and Remote Participation

    How Michelin Uses Technology to Rethink Tire Manufacturing: Interview – Motor1.com

    How Michelin’s Tech-Driven Revolution Is Transforming Tire Manufacturing

    Analysts Offer Insights on Technology Companies: Avnet (AVT), Nvidia (NVDA) and Atlassian (TEAM) – The Globe and Mail

    Experts Share Key Insights on Avnet, Nvidia, and Atlassian’s Future Prospects

    Top Technology Executives Recognized at the 2025 Carolina CIO ORBIE Awards – Yahoo Finance

    Celebrating Excellence: Top Technology Executives Honored at the 2025 Carolina CIO ORBIE Awards

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Entertainment
    Why Hilaria Baldwin Has Found the ‘DWTS’ Process ‘Embarrassing’ At Times – WFXG

    Hilaria Baldwin Opens Up About the Embarrassing Moments on Her ‘DWTS’ Journey

    Harvest Fest 2025 – yadkinripple.com

    Celebrate the Bounty: Harvest Fest 2025 is Coming!

    Fox News Entertainment Newsletter: Kate Middleton stuns during Trump state visit, Brett James dead at 57 – Fox News

    Kate Middleton Stuns During Trump State Visit; Remembering Brett James at 57

    Lara Beitz to headline Oshkosh show with top comedians at Time Community Theater Sept. 27 – Yahoo

    Lara Beitz to Headline Star-Studded Oshkosh Comedy Night on September 27

    Shakespeare (with a twist) in Grand Junction – Yahoo

    Experience Shakespeare Like Never Before in Grand Junction

    Congress Bill Spotlight: Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act, Renaming Kennedy Center to Trump Center – The Fulcrum

    Congress Proposes MEGA Act to Rename Kennedy Center as Trump Center and Revitalize Entertainment

  • General
  • Health
  • News

    Cracking the Code: Why China’s Economic Challenges Aren’t Shaking Markets, Unlike America’s” – Bloomberg

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Trump’s Narrow Window to Spread the Truth About Harris

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    Israel-Gaza war live updates: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran, group says

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    PAP Boss to Niger Delta Youths, Stay Away from the Protest

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Court Restricts Protests In Lagos To Freedom, Peace Park

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Fans React to Jazz Jennings’ Inspiring Weight Loss Journey

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Science
  • Sports
  • Technology
    Agentic AI and the future of work: navigating technological promise and the risk of increased automation – Equal Times

    Agentic AI and the Future of Work: Embracing Innovation While Navigating Automation Challenges

    Technology alliance introduces system for stable recycling quality – RECYCLING magazine

    Innovative Technology Alliance Unveils Breakthrough System for Consistent Recycling Quality

    Pepper Pike council considers upgrading technology for streaming meetings, remote meeting participation – Cleveland.com

    Pepper Pike Council Explores Upgrading Technology for Enhanced Streaming and Remote Participation

    How Michelin Uses Technology to Rethink Tire Manufacturing: Interview – Motor1.com

    How Michelin’s Tech-Driven Revolution Is Transforming Tire Manufacturing

    Analysts Offer Insights on Technology Companies: Avnet (AVT), Nvidia (NVDA) and Atlassian (TEAM) – The Globe and Mail

    Experts Share Key Insights on Avnet, Nvidia, and Atlassian’s Future Prospects

    Top Technology Executives Recognized at the 2025 Carolina CIO ORBIE Awards – Yahoo Finance

    Celebrating Excellence: Top Technology Executives Honored at the 2025 Carolina CIO ORBIE Awards

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
No Result
View All Result
Earth-News
No Result
View All Result
Home Science

Wallace’s sphinx moth: The long-tongued insect predicted by Darwin a century before it was discovered

October 28, 2023
in Science
Wallace’s sphinx moth: The long-tongued insect predicted by Darwin a century before it was discovered
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Darwin's hawkmoth (Xanthopan morgani praedicta) on flower, Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.

Wallace’s sphinx moth.
(Image credit: Alamy)

Name: Wallace’s sphinx moth (Xanthopan praedicta)

Where it’s found: Lowlands of Madagascar

What it eats: Nectar of Darwin’s orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale)

Why it’s awesome: In 1862, Charles Darwin received a Madagascan orchid in the mail. The flower had an extraordinarily long nectar tube, called a nectary, measuring 1 foot (30 centimeters) in length. In a letter to a friend, he described the orchid as “astounding” and wondered what pollinator might be able to feed on the nectar. “Good Heavens what insect can suck it,” he wrote. A couple of days later, in another letter to the same friend, he gave a more specific prediction: “what a proboscis the moth that sucks it must have!”

Xanthopan morganii praedicta, Madagascan sphinx moth.

Madagascan sphinx moth, Xanthopan morganii praedicta. (Image credit: Alamy)

While Darwin predicted that the orchid would be pollinated by a long-tongued moth, when naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace described the orchid in 1867, he said some of the larger species from the the Sphingidae family of moths (known as sphinx moths or hawk moths) had proboscises almost as long as the nectary of Angraecum sesquipedale.

The two naturalists were proved right when such a long-tongued moth was found in Madagascar. It was described in 1903 as a subspecies of the Morgan’s sphinx moth (Xanthopan morganii) and given the scientific name X. m. praedicta. It wasn’t until the 1990s that the pollination predicted by Darwin and Wallace was observed and photographed.

Darwin's or Comet Orchid Angraecum sesquipedale.

Darwin’s orchid Angraecum sesquipedale. (Image credit: Papilio / Alamy Stock Photo)

More recently, the moth was determined to have the longest insect tongue. And a taxonomic study published in 2021 concluded that the insect should be classified as its own species and was named Xanthopan praedicta.

“Imagine my excitement in 2019 when I unrolled the proboscis of a Wallace’s sphinx moth that had arrived on the balcony of a research station in Madagascar!” David Lees, curator of moths at the Natural History Museum in London and co-author of the 2021 study, told Live Science in an email. “Its 28.5-cm-long [11.2 inches] proboscis turned out to be the longest yet recorded for any insect, let alone hawk moth.”

Stay up to date on the latest science news by signing up for our Essentials newsletter.

Megan Shersby is a naturalist, wildlife writer and content creator. After graduating from Aberystwyth University with a BSc (Hons) degree in Animal Science, she has worked in nature communications and the conservation sector for a variety of organisations and charities, including BBC Wildlife magazine, the National Trust, two of the Wildlife Trusts and the Field Studies Council. She has bylines in the Seasons anthologies published by the Wildlife Trusts, Into The Red published by the BTO, and has written for the BBC Countryfile magazine and website, and produced podcast episodes for its award-winning podcast, The Plodcast. 

>>> Read full article>>>
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source : Live Science – https://www.livescience.com/animals/wallaces-sphinx-moth-the-long-tongued-insect-predicted-by-darwin-a-century-before-it-was-discovered

Tags: sciencesphinxWallace's
Previous Post

Rare 2,100-year-old gold coin bears name of obscure ruler from pre-Roman Britain

Next Post

Menstrual cycle linked to structural changes across whole brain

Germany’s €80B Rearmament Plan Sidelines US Weapons – politicstoday.org

Germany’s €80B Rearmament Plan Sidelines US Weapons – politicstoday.org

September 23, 2025
FOCUS | SCIO holds press conference on promoting high-quality development through high-level ecological & environmental protection – Xinhua

FOCUS | SCIO holds press conference on promoting high-quality development through high-level ecological & environmental protection – Xinhua

September 23, 2025
Researcher on Tylenol-Autism Connection: Not the Best Science – Managed Healthcare Executive

Researcher Questions the Science Behind Tylenol-Autism Link

September 23, 2025
Da Vinci’s Genetic Secrets May Soon Be Revealed by Ambitious DNA Project – ScienceAlert

Unlocking Da Vinci’s Genetic Mysteries: The Ambitious DNA Project Set to Reveal All

September 23, 2025
Eco-Chic Home & Lifestyle Design Market Is Booming Worldwide | Major Giants The Joinery, Emeco, Greenington – openPR.com

Eco-Chic Home & Lifestyle Design Market Is Booming Worldwide | Major Giants The Joinery, Emeco, Greenington – openPR.com

September 23, 2025
Agentic AI and the future of work: navigating technological promise and the risk of increased automation – Equal Times

Agentic AI and the Future of Work: Embracing Innovation While Navigating Automation Challenges

September 23, 2025
Viking Sports Weekly September 22 – csuvikings.com

Viking Sports Weekly September 22 – csuvikings.com

September 23, 2025
Dynamic Pricing is Fair Play for the 2026 FIFA World Cup – Cato Institute

How Dynamic Pricing Will Revolutionize the 2026 FIFA World Cup Experience

September 22, 2025
White House Touts Rising Confidence In U.S. Economy Under Trump’s Second Term – Yahoo

White House Celebrates Rising Optimism in U.S. Economy Amid Trump’s Second Term

September 22, 2025
Why Hilaria Baldwin Has Found the ‘DWTS’ Process ‘Embarrassing’ At Times – WFXG

Hilaria Baldwin Opens Up About the Embarrassing Moments on Her ‘DWTS’ Journey

September 22, 2025

Categories

Archives

September 2025
MTWTFSS
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930 
« Aug    
Earth-News.info

The Earth News is an independent English-language daily published Website from all around the World News

Browse by Category

  • Business (20,132)
  • Ecology (832)
  • Economy (852)
  • Entertainment (21,730)
  • General (17,190)
  • Health (9,895)
  • Lifestyle (865)
  • News (22,149)
  • People (855)
  • Politics (863)
  • Science (16,063)
  • Sports (21,352)
  • Technology (15,835)
  • World (836)

Recent News

Germany’s €80B Rearmament Plan Sidelines US Weapons – politicstoday.org

Germany’s €80B Rearmament Plan Sidelines US Weapons – politicstoday.org

September 23, 2025
FOCUS | SCIO holds press conference on promoting high-quality development through high-level ecological & environmental protection – Xinhua

FOCUS | SCIO holds press conference on promoting high-quality development through high-level ecological & environmental protection – Xinhua

September 23, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

No Result
View All Result

© 2023 earth-news.info

Go to mobile version