Lycosphingia

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Lycosphingia
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Scientific classification
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Genus:
Lycosphingia

Species:
L. hamatus
Binomial name
Lycosphingia hamatus
(Dewitz, 1879) [1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus hamatusWalker, 1869

Lycosphingia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae containing only one species, Lycosphingia hamatus. It is known from forests from Liberia and Ghana to Angola, the Congo and Uganda. [2]

The length of the forewings is 29–31 mm.

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. 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.