Platysphinx constrigilis

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Platysphinx constrigilis
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Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Platysphinx
Species:
P. constrigilis
Binomial name
Platysphinx constrigilis
(Walker, 1869) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx constrigilisWalker, 1869
  • Platysphinx lemoultiClark 1936
  • Platysphinx bituberculatusDarge, 1986

Platysphinx constrigilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is known from Africa. [2]

The larvae feed on Alchornea cordifolia , Baphia pubescens and Macrolobium macrophyllum . [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[ permanent dead link ]
  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.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis (Walker, 1869)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 11, 2018.


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