Polyptychopsis
Encyclopedia
Polyptychopsis is a genus of moth
s in the Sphingidae
family. It contains only one species, Polyptychopsis marshalli, which is known from Brachystegia
woodland in large parts of Africa
.
The wingspan
is 53-58 mm.
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. It contains only one species, Polyptychopsis marshalli, which is known from Brachystegia
Brachystegia
Brachystegia is a genus of tree of the sub-family Caesalpinioideae that is native to tropical Africa. Trees of the genus are commonly known as Miombo, and are the predominant tree in the Miombo woodlands of central and southern Africa.-Species:...
woodland in large parts of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 53-58 mm.
Subspecies
- Polyptychopsis marshalli marshalli (Zimbabwe to Malawi and south-eastern Tanzania)
- Polyptychopsis marshalli auriguttatus (Gehlen, 1934) (Democratic Republic of Congo, south-western Tanzania and probably eastern Angola)
- Polyptychopsis marshalli meridianus (Kernbach, 1963) (Zimbabwe)