PHYLLOXIPHIA ILLUSTRIS MOTH
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Classification

Phylum Arthropoda

Class Insecta

Order Lepidoptera

Family Sphingidae

Tribe Leucophlebiini

Genus Phylloxiphia

Species P. Illustris

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PHYLLOXIPHIA
ILLUSTRIS

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.


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