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Polyptychoides grayii

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Gray's polyptychus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Genus:
Polyptychoides
Species:
P. grayii
Binomial name
Polyptychoides grayii
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus grayii Walker, 1856
  • Polyptychus grayii modestus (Gehlen, 1942)

Polyptychoides grayii, or Gray's polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern Africa, south to South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 77–93 mm.

The larvae feed on Cordia caffra.[3]

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. ^ Afromoths


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