Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei
| Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Sphingonaepiopsis |
| Species: | S. ansorgei |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei Rothschild, 1904[1] | |
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Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Open habitats from northern South Africa to East Africa in the east and to Angola in the west.[2]
The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm. The groundcolour of the body and forewings is reddish. Dark spots are absent, but replaced by a broad, rather diffuse diagonal band. The hindwings are uniform reddish.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
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