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Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei

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Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Sphingonaepiopsis
Species:
S. ansorgei
Binomial name
Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei
Synonyms
  • Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei featheri Clark, 1928

Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Open habitats from northern South Africa to East Africa in the east and to Angola in the west.[2]

The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm. The groundcolour of the body and forewings is reddish. Dark spots are absent, but replaced by a broad, rather diffuse diagonal band. The hindwings are uniform reddish.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-10-26. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-26.