Batocnema africanus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Batocnema |
Species: | B. africanus |
Binomial name | |
Batocnema africanus | |
Synonyms | |
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Batocnema africanus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from open woodland and savanna from north-eastern South Africa to Zimbabwe, Tanzania and the Kenya coast. [2]
The length of the forewings is 30–33 mm for males and about 35 mm for females and the wingspan is 72–85 mm.
The larvae feed on Sclerocarya caffra .
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Basiothia medea, the small verdant hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is common in open habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar. It is however probably absent from the equatorial forest belt, except as a vagrant. The species is an active migrant.
Neopolyptychus pygarga is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests in western Africa, including Cameroon and Nigeria.
Neopolyptychus convexus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brachystegia woodland in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and western Tanzania.
Neopolyptychus consimilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Savanna from southern Sudan to the Congo.
Neopolyptychus ancylus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nigeria to the Ivory Coast and Guinea.
Polyptychoides grayii, or Gray's polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern Africa, south to South Africa.
Likoma apicalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and open woodland in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.
Ceridia heuglini is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and grassland from Mali and Chad to Sudan, the Central African Republic and Uganda.
Afroclanis calcareus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brachystegia woodland from northern South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
Afroclanis neavi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and woodland from Zimbabwe through Zambia to Tanzania.
Phylloxiphia punctum is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna from north-eastern South Africa to Zimbabwe, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.
Phylloxiphia metria is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known to be from Brachystegia woodland of Mozambique to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and north to Malawi and Tanzania.
Leucophlebia afra is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Senegal to northern Uganda and Sudan in the east, and to Angola in the west.
Litosphingia corticea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and bush from Matabeleland to Tanzania.
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.
Temnora atrofasciata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Forests from western Africa to Congo and Uganda, with an apparently isolated population in the Usambara Mountains.
Temnora griseata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Nigeria to southern Congo, southern Tanzania and Malawi.
Theretra tessmanni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Cameroon and Nigeria.
Theretra perkeo is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the arid areas north of the equatorial forest belt, from Senegal to northern Uganda.