POLYPTYCHUS AFFINIS
Real moth embedded in clear epoxy resin |
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KINGDOM : Animalia
PHYLUM : Arthropoda
CLASS : Insecta
ORDER : Lepidoptera
FAMILY :Sphingidae
GENUS :Polyptychus
SPECIES :P. Affinis
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POLYPTYCHUS AFFINIS 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 forest. The larvae feed on Detarium senegalense and Albizia species. DISTRIBUTION : Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda. Polyptychus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hubner in 1819. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia. They are a middle-sized to large (wingspan 65-120 mm), light-brown hawk moth. The head is unusually large in subfamily Smerinthinae, with the back of the body long and cylindrical. These moths fly at night and do not visit flowers, and they do not particularly seek out light. In all cases, they lay their eggs in the plants of the family Boraginaceae. |