Polyptychoides digitatus

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

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]

The length of the forewings is 39–41 mm for males.

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ 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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[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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