Oligographa

Oligographa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Tribe:Sphingini
Genus:Oligographa
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species: O. juniperi
Binomial name
Oligographa juniperi
(Boisduval, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx juniperi Boisduval, 1847
  • Anceryx juniperi Walker, 1856
  • Oligographa mosambiquensis Joicey & Kaye, 1917

Oligographa is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species Oligographa juniperi, which is known from South Africa and Mozambique.[2] The species is commonly known as the juniper hawk moth.

The wingspan is 52–58 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Tecomaria capensis

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. 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.


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