Phylloxiphia metria
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Arthropoda
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Class: | Insecta
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Species: | P. metria
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Phylloxiphia metria is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Brachystegia woodland Mozambique to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north to Malawi and Tanzania.[2]
The length of the forewings is about 37 mm for males and 45 mm for females. The head and thorax are light brown, but much darker than the abdomen. The forewings are pale pinkish brown, mottled and marked with darker brown. The hindwings are pinkish red. Females have broader and more rounded wings.
References[]
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. 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:
- Phylloxiphia
- Moths described in 1920
- Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Moths of Africa
- Fauna of Mozambique
- Insects of Malawi
- Insects of Tanzania
- Fauna of Zambia
- Fauna of Zimbabwe
- Smerinthini stubs