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Hippotion roseipennis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Hippotion
Species:	H. roseipennis
Binomial name
Hippotion roseipennis (Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
Diodosida roseipennis Butler, 1882 Hippotion exclamationis Fawcett, 1915 Hippotion exclamationis robur Jordan, 1938 Hippotion exclamationis austrinum Jordan, 1930

Hippotion roseipennis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from dry areas from KwaZulu-Natal and Mozambique to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and south-western Ethiopia.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Rhoicissus tridentata.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
2. 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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

• Pinhey, E. (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.

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