Oligographa

Oligographa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Sphingini
Genus:	Oligographa; Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:	O. juniperi
Binomial name
	Oligographa juniperi; (Boisduval, 1847)
Synonyms
	Sphinx juniperi Boisduval, 1847; Anceryx juniperi Walker, 1856; Oligographa mosambiquensis Joicey & Kaye, 1917;

Oligographa is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species Oligographa juniperi, which is known from South Africa and Mozambique.^[2] The species is commonly known as the juniper hawk moth.

The wingspan is 52–58 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Tecomaria capensis

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. 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.

This Sphinginae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. 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.

[1]

[2]