Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Microclanis erlangeri | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species M. erlangeri Rank Genus | |
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Microclanis is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing one species, Microclanis erlangeri, which is known from arid bush from central Tanzania to eastern and northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.
The length of the forewings is 23–26 mm for males and 25–30 mm for females which are generally larger, darker, more indistinctly marked and have more rounded wings.
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