Biology:Platysphinx constrigilis
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Platysphinx |
| Species: | P. constrigilis
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Platysphinx constrigilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is known from Africa.[1]
The larvae feed on Alchornea cordifolia, Baphia pubescens and Macrolobium macrophyllum.[2]
Subspecies
- Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis (forests from Cameroon to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya)
- Platysphinx constrigilis lamtoi Pierre, 1989 (Ivory Coast)
References
- ↑ 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. (2018). "Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis (Walker, 1869)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/01PLACON.
Wikidata ☰ Q1925650 entry
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