Polyptychoides grayii
| Polyptychoides grayii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Polyptychoides |
| Species: | P. grayii |
| Binomial name | |
| Polyptychoides grayii (Walker, 1856)[1] | |
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Gray's Polyptychus (Polyptychoides grayii) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from eastern Africa, south to South Africa.[2]
The wingspan is 77–93 mm.
The larvae feed on Cordia caffra.[3]
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Afromoths