Biology:Pantophaea jordani
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Short description: Species of moth
| Pantophaea jordani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Pantophaea |
| Species: | P. jordani
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| Binomial name | |
| Pantophaea jordani (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)[1]
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Pantophaea jordani is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from woodland and savanna from west Africa to Uganda.[2]
The body and forewings are grey, with a wide, diffuse dark grey postmedial band and a dark diffuse spot at the costa, near the apex. The stigma is small, round and whitish. The Hindwings are white with a small dark spot at tornus. Females are larger, darker and have broader wings than males. The hindwings are dark grey.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20120903214505/https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Pantophaea/jordani.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2475619 entry
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