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Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Sphingidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Sphingonaepiopsis

Scientific name
  
Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei

Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Open habitats from northern South Africa to East Africa in the east and to Angola in the west.

The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm. The groundcolour of the body and forewings is reddish. Dark spots are absent, but replaced by a broad, rather diffuse diagonal band. The hindwings are uniform reddish.

References

Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei Wikipedia