Hippotion moorei

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Hippotion moorei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hippotion
Species:
H. moorei
Binomial name
Hippotion moorei
Jordan, 1926 [1]
Synonyms
  • Enpinanga nuimaculataZhu & Wang, 1997
  • Hippotion moorei canensJordan, 1926

Hippotion moorei is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from dry areas from northern Tanzania to Ethiopia and Somalia. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  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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