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Acanthosphinx

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Acanthosphinx
Acanthosphinx guessfeldti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Smerinthini
Genus: Acanthosphinx
Aurivillius, 1891
Species:
A. guessfeldti
Binomial name
Acanthosphinx guessfeldti
(Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx guessfeldti Dewitz, 1879
  • Acanthosphinx guessfeldti gigas Aurivillius, 1891
  • Acanthosphinx guessfeldti eothina Tams, 1930

Acanthosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Its only species, Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879.[2] It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.[3]

The length of each forewing is 57–70 mm.

The larvae feed on Bridelia micrantha.[4]

References

Wikispecies has information related to Acanthosphinx.
  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Acanthosphinx Aurivillius, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Euphorbiaceae: Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill". Afromoths. Retrieved November 15, 2017.


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