Neopolyptychus serrator

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Neopolyptychus serrator
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Neopolyptychus
Species:
N. serrator
Binomial name
Neopolyptychus serrator
(Jordan, 1929) [1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus serratorJordan, 1929
  • Polyptychus serrator commodusJordan, 1930

Neopolyptychus serrator is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from the Congo to Uganda and western Kenya. It is also known from Cameroon. [2]

The wingspan is 31–39 mm for males and 39–44 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Maesopsis eminii .

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References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. 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.