Biology:Poliana wintgensi

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Short description: Species of moth

Poliana wintgensi
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Poliana
Species:
P. wintgensi
Binomial name
Poliana wintgensi
(Strand, 1910)[1]
Synonyms
  • Taboribia wintgensi Strand, 1910
  • Poliana marmorata Fawcett, 1915

Poliana wintgensi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and dry bush from eastern Kenya and Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Mozambique.[2]

The length of the forewings is 34–40 mm. It is very similar to Poliana buchholzi, but smaller and darker, the ground colour being almost blackish in fresh specimens, fading to chocolate in old specimens. The underside of the thorax and abdomen is white. The sexes are superficially identical.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2200800 entry