Oligographa
Oligographa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Tribe: | Sphingini |
Genus: | Oligographa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
Species: | O. juniperi
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Binomial name | |
Oligographa juniperi | |
Synonyms | |
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Oligographa is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species Oligographa juniperi, which is known from South Africa and Mozambique.[2] The species is commonly known as the juniper hawk moth.
The wingspan is 52–58 mm.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Tecomaria capensis
References[]
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ 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:
- Sphingini
- Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
- Moths of Africa
- Monotypic moth genera
- Taxa named by Karl Jordan
- Sphinginae stubs