Polyptychoides grayii

Gray's polyptychus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychoides
Species: P. grayii
Binomial name
Polyptychoides grayii
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus grayii Walker, 1856
  • Polyptychus grayii modestus (Gehlen, 1942)

Polyptychoides grayii, or Gray's polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern Africa, south to South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 77–93 mm.

The larvae feed on Cordia caffra.[3]

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  3. Afromoths


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