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Rufoclanis numosae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Sphingidae

Scientific name
  
Rufoclanis numosae

Rank
  
Subspecies

Class
  
Insecta

Genus
  
Rufoclanis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Bombycomorpha bifascia, Achaea catella, Metarctia lateritia, Cyligramma latona

Rufoclanis numosae (wavy polyptychus) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from dry bush and arid savanna in much of eastern and southern Africa.

The length of the forewings is 22–30 mm for males and 34–36 mm for females and the wingspan is 54–58 mm. The wings are greyish pinkish brown to light brown with an evenly curved oblique post-medial line on the forewings and numerous dark wavy lines on the hindwings. There is also a faint dark spot at the base of the forewings and a prominent reniform stigma, as well as two dark spots at the tornus of the hindwing.

Subspecies

  • Rufoclanis numosae numosae (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, north-eastern South Africa)
  • Rufoclanis numosae rostislavi Haxaire & Melichar, 2009 (Ethiopia)
  • Rufoclanis numosae subjectus (Walker, 1869) (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)
  • References

    Rufoclanis numosae Wikipedia