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

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

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[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.