Nephele comma

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Comma nephele hawk moth
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species:
N. comma
Binomial name
Nephele comma
Synonyms
  • Nephele triangulifera Closs, 1914
  • Nephele charoba Kirby, 1877
  • Nephele charoba microstigma (Clark, 1927)
  • Nephele comma derasa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Nephele comma is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is very common throughout the Ethiopian Region, including Madagascar.[2]

Food plants

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The larvae feed on the leaves of Carissa species.

References

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