Misplaced Pages

Nephele argentifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Nephele
Species:	N. argentifera
Binomial name
Nephele argentifera (Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
Zonilia argentifera Walker, 1856

Nephele argentifera is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from coastal bush and savanna from Somalia to northern South Africa.

The larvae feed on Carissa species.

References

1. "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Nephele argentifera". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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.

External links

• "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-24. Retrieved 2011-10-25.

This Macroglossini-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Nephele (moth)
• Moths described in 1856
• Moths of Africa
• Lepidoptera of Mozambique
• Insects of Somalia
• Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)
• Macroglossini stubs