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Dovania poecila Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Sphingidae Genus: Dovania Species: D. poecila Binomial name Dovania poecila
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]Synonyms - Dovania poecila inops Gehlen, 1951
Dovania poecila is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests (usually above 4,000 feet) in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Malawi.[2]
The length of the forewings is 30-35 mm. The head and body are blackish, woolly, with a series of white transverse bands interrupted at the dorsum on the abdomen. The forewings are very dark purplish brown with faint, irregular paler transverse bands, a small white stigma and two prominent white lines at the apex. The hindwings are bright coppery, but blackish near the inner margin.
The larvae feed on Acanthus pubescens.[3]
References
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Dovania/poecila.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Afromoths[dead link]
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