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Pantophaea favillacea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Pantophaea
Species:	P. favillacea
Binomial name
Pantophaea favillacea (Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
Anceryx favillacea Walker, 1866 Pemba favillacea Coenotes maximus Clark, 1922 Pemba distanti Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Pantophaea favillacea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and bush from eastern Kenya to Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

The length of the forewings is 34–39 mm for males and about 48 mm for females and the wingspan is 69–85 mm.

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-31. 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.

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