Polyptychus guessfeldtii ( Dewitz, 1879 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C48A-FF1C-62F6-F90FFC1F9ACA |
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Plazi |
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Polyptychus guessfeldtii ( Dewitz, 1879 ) |
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Polyptychus guessfeldtii ( Dewitz, 1879) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Hawk moth, Sphinx View in CoL moth or Hornworm. SYNONYM(S): Acanthosphinx eothina Tams, 1930 ; Acanthosphinx gigas Aurivillius, 1892 . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea,
Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include: one Euphorbiaceae View in CoL species yet to be identified ( Bridelia sp. ) in Cameroon ( Schultze
1914) and one Euphorbiaceae species ( Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill. ) in an unnamed African country or countries (Ķhne 2008). SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Ķhne 2008; Schultze 1914; Tams 1930.
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Polyptychus guessfeldtii ( Dewitz, 1879 )
| Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De 2023 |
Acanthosphinx eothina
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Acanthosphinx gigas
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