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Microsphinx
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Subtribe:	Macroglossina
Genus:	Microsphinx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:	M. pumilum
Binomial name
Microsphinx pumilum (Boisduval, 1875)
Synonyms
Pterogon pumilum Boisduval, 1875 Lophuron minutum Distant, 1897

Microsphinx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, consisting of one species, Microsphinx pumilum, which is known from South Africa.

It is similar to Sphingonaepiopsis species. For instance, the forewing upperside is similar to Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis, but with more conspicuous longitudinal narrow stripes. The abdomen upperside has distinct lines and grey dots. The hindwing upperside is yellow with a brown marginal band of even width.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-24. Retrieved 2011-10-26. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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.

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