Xenosphingia

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Xenosphingia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Xenosphingia
Jordan, 1920
Species:
X. jansei
Binomial name
Xenosphingia jansei
Jordan, 1920 [1]

Xenosphingia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Xenosphingia jansei, which is known from arid bush in western Zimbabwe and adjoining Botswana. [2]

The wingspan is 54–65 mm.

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References

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