Biology:Acanthosphinx
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Acanthosphinx | |
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| Acanthosphinx guessfeldti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 (Dewitz, 1879)[1]
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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]
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Acanthosphinx/guessfeldti.html.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Acanthosphinx Aurivillius, 1891". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/bombycoidea/sphingidae/smerinthinae/acanthosphinx/.
- ↑ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum 26 (3): 1–173. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Euphorbiaceae: Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.". http://www.afromoths.net/plants_species/show/208.
Wikidata ☰ Q1755205 entry
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