Antinephele maculifera
Antinephele maculifera is a moth of the family Sphingidae.[1] It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1889, and is known from Sierra Leone to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It is also found in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. It is known from forests and wooded habitats.[2]
| Antinephele maculifera | |
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| male, collected in Sierra Leone | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Antinephele |
| Species: | A. maculifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Antinephele maculifera Holland, 1889 | |
The length of the forewings is 22–24 mm. The head and tegulae are very dark brown. The posterior portion of the thorax and base of the abdomen are pale brown with a prominent dark brown dorsal spot. The rest of the abdomen is bright orange above, shading to light brown on the dorsum. The head and body are whitish below. The forewings are pale pinkish brown mottled with olive and with pinkish, with a number of faint, irregular dark lines. There is a prominent triangular dark brown spot at the base and two or more conspicuous dark brown spots in the distal part of the wing. The hindwings are uniformly dark brown.
References
- "Antinephele maculifera Holland, 1889 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- Carcasson, R. H. (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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.