Falcatula falcatus

Falcatula falcatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Falcatula
Species: F. falcatus
Binomial name
Falcatula falcatus
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus falcatus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
  • Falcatula falcata

Falcatula falcatus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and woodland from Zimbabwe to Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, the Central African Republic and eastern Africa.[2]

The length of the forewings is 38–42 mm for females, which are larger than the males. The forewing upperside ground colour is generally pale grey and the hindwing upperside ground colour is brownish-buff, contrasting with the pale grey of the forewing. Females are somewhat darker.

The larvae feed on Sclerocarya caffra, Erythrina abyssinica and Erythrina excelsa.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. ↑ Afromoths


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