Biology:Polyptychus trisecta

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Short description: Species of moth

Polyptychus trisecta
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychus
Species:
P. trisecta
Binomial name
Polyptychus trisecta
Aurivillius, 1901
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus trisectus

Polyptychus trisecta is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forests from Liberia and Ghana to the Congo and western Uganda.[1]

The length of the forewings is 42–45 mm.

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. 

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