Microclanis
| Microclanis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Microclanis Carcasson, 1968 |
| Species: | M. erlangeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Microclanis erlangeri (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1] | |
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Microclanis is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing one species, Microclanis erlangeri, which is known from arid bush from central Tanzania to eastern and northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.[2]
The length of the forewings is 23–26 mm for males and 25–30 mm for females which are generally larger, darker, more indistinctly marked and have more rounded wings.
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" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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