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Neopolyptychus serrator

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Species of moth

Neopolyptychus serrator
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Neopolyptychus
Species: N. serrator
Binomial name
Neopolyptychus serrator
(Jordan, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus serrator Jordan, 1929
  • Polyptychus serrator commodus Jordan, 1930

Neopolyptychus serrator is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from the Congo to Uganda and western Kenya. It is also known from Cameroon.

The wingspan is 31–39 mm for males and 39–44 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Maesopsis eminii.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Neopolyptychus serrator


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