Polyptychoides grayii

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Gray's polyptychus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychoides
Species:
P. grayii
Binomial name
Polyptychoides grayii
(Walker, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus grayii Walker, 1856
  • Polyptychus grayii modestus (Gehlen, 1942)

Polyptychoides grayii, or Gray's polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern Africa, south to South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 77–93 mm.

The larvae feed on Cordia caffra.[3]

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