Biology:Polyptychus affinis

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Short description: Species of moth

Polyptychus affinis
Polyptychus affinis sjh.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychus
Species:
P. affinis
Binomial name
Polyptychus affinis
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus retusus Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
  • Polyptychus pierrei Kitching & Cadiou, 2000
  • Polyptychus modestum Bernardi, 1970

Polyptychus affinis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is known at elevations up to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) in forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[1]

The larvae feed on Detarium senegalense and Albizia species.[2]

Taxonomy

Polyptychus retusus is sometimes treated as a valid species.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1354698 entry