Macropoliana natalensis

Macropoliana natalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Macropoliana
Species:	M. natalensis
Binomial name
	Macropoliana natalensis; (Butler, 1875)
Synonyms
	Diludia natalensisButler, 1875; Macropoliana oheffernaniGess, 1967; Acherontia speiButler, 1875;

Last updated July 19, 2025

Macropoliana natalensis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and moist woodland from KwaZulu-Natal to Ethiopia and westwards to Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 55–70 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females and the wingspan is 107–126 mm.

The larvae feed on Spathodea nilotica , Spathodea campanulata , Markhamia lutea and Brachystegia species.

References

↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
↑ 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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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2011.

[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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