Oligographa
Oligographa | |
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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 | |
Synonyms | |
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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
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. 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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