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Phylloxiphia punctum is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna from north-eastern South Africa to Zimbabwe, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[2]

Phylloxiphia punctum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sphingidae
Genus:
Phylloxiphia
Species:
P. punctum
Binomial name
Phylloxiphia punctum
(Rothschild, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Libyoclanis punctum Rothschild, 1907

The length of the forewings is about 35 mm. Females are somewhat larger and have more rounded wings. The head and thorax are bright pinkish brown, but the abdomen is paler. The forewings are long and narrow, pinkish brown with a blackish dot near the apex and a reddish inner marginal basal streak. The hindwings are pinkish orange.


References


  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. 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.

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