Pseudoclanis occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Pseudoclanis |
Species: | P. occidentalis |
Binomial name | |
Pseudoclanis occidentalis | |
Pseudoclanis occidentalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic and Kenya. [2]
The larvae feed on Ficus natalensis , Ficus asperifolia , Ficus leprieurii , Ficus platyphylla , Ficus macrosperma , Ficus mucoso , Ficus umbellata , Urera camerunensis , Sterculia tragacantha , Loranthus and Celtis species. [3]
Polyptychus affinis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is known at elevations up to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.
Pseudoclanis postica is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Macroglossum milvus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Réunion and Mauritius.
Acanthosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Its only species, Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.
Euchloron is a monotypic moth genus of the family Sphingidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875. Its only species, Euchloron megaera, the verdant hawk, is known from most of Africa and Yemen. It is a migratory species.
Platysphinx constrigilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is known from Africa.
Basiothia medea, the small verdant hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is common in open habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar. It is however probably absent from the equatorial forest belt, except as a vagrant. The species is an active migrant.
Polyptychoides grayii, or Gray's polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern Africa, south to South Africa.
Pseudoclanis diana is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Angola and Namibia.
Pseudoclanis evestigata is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Zambia.
Pseudoclanis canui is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It occurs on the island of Príncipe, in the Gulf of Guinea. The species was first described by Philippe Darge in 1991.
Pseudoclanis tomensis is a species of hawkmoth of the family Sphingidae. It occurs on the island of São Tomé. It was first described by Jacques Pierre in 1992.
Falcatula falcatus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and woodland from Zimbabwe to Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, the Central African Republic and eastern Africa.
Lophostethus dumolinii is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most habitats, except desert and high mountains throughout the Ethiopian Region, excluding Madagascar and the Cape in South Africa.
Dovania poecila is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Malawi.
Cephonodes apus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Islands of Réunion and Mauritius.
Nephele accentifera, the accented hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Palisot de Beauvois in 1821. It is common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, excluding Madagascar and the Cape Peninsula.
Nephele densoi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
Nephele oenopion is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Africa.
Theretra capensis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from woodland and open habitats from the Cape to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique and East Africa.