Callosphingia

Callosphingia
Callosphingia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Acherontiini
Genus: Callosphingia
Rothschild & Jordan, 1916
Species: C. circe
Binomial name
Callosphingia circe
(Fawcett, 1915)[1]
Synonyms
  • Dovania circe Fawcett, 1915

Callosphingia is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing one species, Callosphingia circe, which is known from semi-desert and arid scrub throughout eastern Africa.[2]

The length of the forewings is 29-36 mm. The forewings are light greyish brown, with numerous wavy transverse lines and mottled with light reddish brown (slightly darker in females). The head and abdomen are light reddish brown, while the thorax is darker. There are two short blackish lines at the base of the abdomen. The hindwings are light coppery and darker at the margin.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Callosphingia/circe.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  2. ^ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Biodiversitylibrary.org. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/jeanhs/XXVI%20No.3%20(115)_1_1967_Carcasson.pdf. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
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