Phylloxiphia illustris
| Phylloxiphia illustris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Phylloxiphia |
| Species: | P. illustris |
| Binomial name | |
| Phylloxiphia illustris (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Phylloxiphia illustris is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from lowland forest from Liberia to the Congo and western Uganda.[2]
The length of the forewings is 27–29 mm. The forewings and body are straw-coloured. The forewing has a number of irregular, dark transverse lines. The fringe is dark brown. The hindwings are strongly produced at the tornus and pinkish red, although the tornal area is straw-coloured.
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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