Microclanis

Microclanis
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]
Synonyms
	Polyptychus erlangeri Rothschild & Jordan, 1903;

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. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2011-11-01.

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[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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2011-11-01.