Phylloxiphia metria

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Phylloxiphia metria
Phylloxiphia metria, female, upperside. Zambia, Mwengwa, 75 miles W of N'dola, BMNHE271377.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Phylloxiphia
Species:
P. metria
Binomial name
Phylloxiphia metria
(Jordan, 1920) [1]
Synonyms
  • Libyoclanis metriaJordan, 1920
  • Libyoclanis noctivagaKernbach, 1957

Phylloxiphia metria is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known to be from Brachystegia woodland of Mozambique to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and north to Malawi and Tanzania. [2]

The length of its forewings is about 37 mm for males and 45 mm for females.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. 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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