Oligographa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Tribe: | Sphingini |
Genus: | Oligographa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
Species: | O. juniperi |
Binomial name | |
Oligographa juniperi (Boisduval, 1847)[1] |
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Oligographa is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing one species Oligographa juniperi, which is known from South Africa and Mozambique.[2] The species is commonly known as the Juniper Hawk Moth.
The wingspan is 52-58 mm.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Tecomaria capensis