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Phylloxiphia metria

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Species of moth

Phylloxiphia metria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Phylloxiphia
Species: P. metria
Binomial name
Phylloxiphia metria
(Jordan, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Libyoclanis metria Jordan, 1920
  • Libyoclanis noctivaga Kernbach, 1957

Phylloxiphia metria is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known to be from Brachystegia woodland of Mozambique to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and north to Malawi and Tanzania.

The length of its forewings is about 37 mm for males and 45 mm for females.

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Phylloxiphia metria


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