Nephele argentifera
Nephele argentifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Nephele |
Species: | N. argentifera
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Binomial name | |
Nephele argentifera | |
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Nephele argentifera is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from coastal bush and savanna from Somalia to northern South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Carissa species.
References[]
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.[permanent dead link]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Nephele (moth)
- Moths described in 1856
- Moths of Africa
- Insects of Mozambique
- Insects of Somalia
- Taxa named by Francis Walker
- Macroglossini stubs