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Platysphinx piabilis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Platysphinx piabilis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Platysphinx

Rank
  
Species

Platysphinx piabilis

Similar
  
Manduca rustica, Manduca, Draco

Platysphinx piabilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Savanna and other open habitats in southern and eastern Africa.

The length of the forewings is 58–62 mm for males and 60–65 mm for females and the wingspan is 109–132 mm. 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 phyllis and Platysphinx stigmatica only convincingly by examining the genitalia.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Pterocarpus angolensis.

References

Platysphinx piabilis Wikipedia