Xenosphingia

Xenosphingia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Sphingidae
Tribe:Smerinthini
Genus:Xenosphingia
Jordan, 1920
Species: X. jansei
Binomial name
Xenosphingia jansei
Jordan, 1920[1]

Xenosphingia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Xenosphingia jansei, which is known from arid bush in western Zimbabwe and adjoining Botswana.[2]

The wingspan is 54–65 mm.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. 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 September 27, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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