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Neopolyptychus serrator

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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)[1]
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.[2]

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.