| Falcatula falcatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Falcatula |
| Species: | F. falcatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Falcatula falcatus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1] |
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Falcatula falcatus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from savanna and woodland from Zimbabwe to Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, the Central African Republic and eastern Africa.[2]
The length of the forewings is 38-42 mm for females, which are larger than the males. The forewing upperside ground colour is generally pale grey and the hindwing upperside ground colour is brownish-buff, contrasting with the pale grey of the forewing. Females are somewhat darker.
The larvae feed on Sclerocarya caffra, Erythrina abyssinica and Erythrina excelsa.[3]