PHYLLOXIPHIA ILLUSTRIS MOTH |
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Lepidoptera
Family Sphingidae
Tribe Leucophlebiini
Genus Phylloxiphia
Species P. Illustris
.............................. CLICK FOR DOWNLOAD PDF |
PHYLLOXIPHIA Phylloxiphia illustris is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forest from Liberia to the Congo and western Uganda.
( Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda.)
The length of the forewings is 27-29 mm. The forewings and body are straw-coloured. The forewing has a number of irregular, dark transverse lines.
The fringe is dark brown. The hindwings are strongly produced at the tornus and pinkish red, although the tornal area is straw-coloured.
|