Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Sphingidae Scientific name Pantophaea jordani | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pantophaea Rank Species | |
Pantophaea jordani is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from woodland and savanna from west Africa to Uganda.
The body and forewings are grey, with a wide, diffuse dark grey postmedial band and a dark diffuse spot at the costa, near the apex. The stigma is small, round and whitish. The Hindwings are white with a small dark spot at tornus. Females are larger, darker and have broader wings than males. The hindwings are dark grey.
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