The Wawy Polyptychus is a moth

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...

 of the Sphingidae

Sphingidae

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 family. It is known from dry bush and arid savanna in much of eastern and southern Africa

Africa

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The length of the forewings is 22-30 mm for males and 34-36 mm for females and the wingspan

Wingspan

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is 54-58 mm. The wings are greyish pinkish brown to light brown with an evenly curved oblique post-medial line on the forewings and numerous dark wavy lines on the hindwings. The is also a faint dark spot at the base of the forewings and a prominent reniform stigma, as well as two dark spots at the tornus of the hindwing.

Subspecies

• Rufoclanis numosae numosae (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, north-eastern South Africa)
• Rufoclanis numosae rostislavi Haxaire & Melichar, 2009 (Ethiopia)
• Rufoclanis numosae subjectus (Walker, 1869) (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)