Pseudoclanis occidentalis

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Pseudoclanis occidentalis
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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]

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.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pseudoclanis occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903". Afromoths. Retrieved December 6, 2018.


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