Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei
Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from open habitats from northern South Africa to East Africa in the east and to Angola in the west.[2]
Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Sphingonaepiopsis |
Species: | S. ansorgei |
Binomial name | |
Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904[1] | |
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The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm. The ground colour of the body and forewings is reddish. Dark spots are absent, but replaced by a broad, rather diffuse diagonal band. The hindwings are uniform reddish.
References
- "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. 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.
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