Acanthosphinx
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| Acanthosphinx | |
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| Acanthosphinx guessfeldti | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Smerinthini |
| Genus: | Acanthosphinx Aurivillius, 1891 |
| Species: | A. guessfeldti
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthosphinx guessfeldti | |
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Acanthosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Its only species, Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879.[2] It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.[3]
The length of each forewing is 57–70 mm.
The larvae feed on Bridelia micrantha.[4]
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Categories:
- Smerinthini
- Monotypic moth genera
- Moths of Africa
- Lepidoptera of Cameroon
- Lepidoptera of Uganda
- Lepidoptera of Malawi
- Lepidoptera of Tanzania
- Lepidoptera of Angola
- Insects of the Central African Republic
- Lepidoptera of West Africa
- Lepidoptera of Zambia
- Taxa named by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius
- Sphingidae genera
- Smerinthini stubs