Neopolyptychus spurrelli

Neopolyptychus spurrelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Neopolyptychus
Species: N. spurrelli
Binomial name
Neopolyptychus spurrelli
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Neopolyptychus pygarga spurrelli
  • Polyptychus spurrelli Rothschild & Jordan, 1912

Neopolyptychus spurrelli is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Ghana to Sierra Leone.[2]

The wingspan is 32-39 mm for males and 36-40 mm for females.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Neopolyptychus/spurrelli.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/jeanhs/XXVI%20No.3%20(115)_1_1967_Carcasson.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-01.