Pantophaea jordani

Pantophaea jordani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Pantophaea
Species: P. jordani
Binomial name
Pantophaea jordani
(Joicey & Talbot, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pemba jordani Joicey & Talbot, 1916
  • Pemba cardinalli Tams, 1925

Pantophaea jordani is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from woodland and savanna from west Africa to Uganda.[2]

The body and forewings are grey, with a wide, diffuse dark grey postmedial band and a dark diffuse spot at the costa, near the apex. The stigma is small, round and whitish. The Hindwings are white with a small dark spot at tornus. Females are larger, darker and have broader wings than males. The hindwings are dark grey.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Pantophaea/jordani.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.