Litosphingia corticea

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Litosphingia corticea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Litosphingia
Species:
L. corticea
Binomial name
Litosphingia corticea
Jordan, 1920 [1]

Litosphingia corticea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and bush from Matabeleland to Tanzania. [2]

The length of the forewings is about 22 mm for males and about 27 mm for females.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. 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.
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