Biology:Platysphinx piabilis

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Short description: Species of moth

Platysphinx piabilis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Platysphinx
Species:
P. piabilis
Binomial name
Platysphinx piabilis
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx piabilis Distant, 1897
  • Platysphinx bourkei Trimen, 1910

Platysphinx piabilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by William Lucas Distant in 1897. It is known from savanna and other open habitats in southern and eastern Africa.[1]

References

  1. 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 ☰ Q148581 entry