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Platysphinx phyllis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Platysphinx phyllis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Platysphinx

Rank
  
Species

Platysphinx phyllis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sierra Leone to Nigeria.

The length of the forewings is 58–62 mm for males and 60–65 mm for females. There are red spots on the hindwing, which are evenly distributed and not arranged in regular bands. The forewing of the females is broader, less acuminate, darker and more reddish than in males. The hindwings are more heavily spotted with red. It is separable from Platysphinx stigmatica and Platysphinx piabilis only convincingly by examining the genitalia.

References

Platysphinx phyllis Wikipedia