Phylloxiphia
Encyclopedia
Afrosataspes is a genus of moth
s in the Sphingidae
family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
family.
Species
- Phylloxiphia bicolorPhylloxiphia bicolorPhylloxiphia bicolor is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo and Angola....
- (Rothschild, 1894) - Phylloxiphia formosaPhylloxiphia formosaPhylloxiphia formosa is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast to the Central African Republic, Uganda and Tanzania, south to Zambia....
- Schultze, 1914 - Phylloxiphia goodiiPhylloxiphia goodiiPhylloxiphia goodii is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo....
- (Holland, 1889) - Phylloxiphia illustrisPhylloxiphia illustrisPhylloxiphia illustris is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from lowland forest from Liberia to the Congo and western Uganda.The length of the forewings is 27-29 mm. The forewings and body are straw-coloured. The forewing has a number of irregular, dark transverse lines. The fringe is...
- (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) - Phylloxiphia karschiPhylloxiphia karschiPhylloxiphia karschi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda....
- (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) - Phylloxiphia metriaPhylloxiphia metriaPhylloxiphia metria is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Brachystegia woodland Mozambique to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and north to Malawi and Tanzania....
- (Jordan, 1920) - Phylloxiphia oberthueriPhylloxiphia oberthueriPhylloxiphia oberthueri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from lowland forests from Liberia and Ivory Coast east to the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
- Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 - Phylloxiphia oweniPhylloxiphia oweniPhylloxiphia oweni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Sierra Leone east to the Central African Republic and then south to Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
- (Carcasson, 1968) - Phylloxiphia punctumPhylloxiphia punctumPhylloxiphia punctum is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from savanna from north-eastern South Africa to Zimbabwe, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania....
- (Rothschild, 1907) - Phylloxiphia vicinaPhylloxiphia vicinaPhylloxiphia vicina is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Liberia to Nigeria and to Tanzania and Zambia....
- (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)