Polyptychoides erosus

Polyptychoides erosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Genus:Polyptychoides
Species: P. erosus
Binomial name
Polyptychoides erosus
(Jordan, 1923)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus erosus Jordan, 1923

Polyptychoides erosus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from highland forest in Kenya and Tanzania, east of the Rift Valley.[2]

The length of the forewings is 35–41 mm for males and about 53 mm for females.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. 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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