Polyptychoides digitatus

Polyptychoides digitatus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from heavy forest up to 8,000 feet from Liberia and Angola to Uganda and western Kenya.[2]

Polyptychoides digitatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychoides
Species:
P. digitatus
Binomial name
Polyptychoides digitatus
(Karsch, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus digitatus Karsch, 1891
  • Smerinthus dentatus Dewitz, 1879 (suppressed)

The length of the forewings is 39–41 mm for males. Females are larger and have broader wings.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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