Nephele comma

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Comma nephele hawk moth
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species:
N. comma
Binomial name
Nephele comma
Hopffer, 1857 [1]
Synonyms
  • Nephele trianguliferaCloss, 1914
  • Nephele charobaKirby, 1877
  • Nephele charoba microstigma(Clark, 1927)
  • Nephele comma derasaRothschild & Jordan, 1903

Nephele comma is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is very common throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar. [2]

Food plants

The larvae feed on the leaves of Carissa species.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. 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. doi:10.5962/p.238439 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.