Phylloxiphia metria
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| Phylloxiphia metria | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Phylloxiphia |
| Species: | P. metria
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| Phylloxiphia metria | |
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Phylloxiphia metria is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known to be from Brachystegia woodland of Mozambique to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and north to Malawi and Tanzania.[2] The length of its forewings is about 37 mm for males and 45 mm for females.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
