Biology:Callosphingia

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Short description: Genus of moths

Callosphingia
Callosphingia circe, female, upperside. Tanzania, Tanganyika, Arusha.jpg
Callosphingia circe, female, upperside. Tanzania, Tanganyika, Arusha.
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Acherontiini
Genus: Callosphingia
Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
Species:
C. circe
Binomial name
Callosphingia circe
(Fawcett, 1915)[1]
Synonyms
  • Dovania circe Fawcett, 1915

Callosphingia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Callosphingia circe, which is known from semi-desert and arid scrub throughout eastern Africa.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1944506 entry