Oligographa

Oligographa
Oligographa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Tribe: Sphingini
Genus: Oligographa
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species: O. juniperi
Binomial name
Oligographa juniperi
(Boisduval, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx juniperi Boisduval, 1847
  • Anceryx juniperi Walker, 1856
  • Oligographa mosambiquensis Joicey & Kaye, 1917

Oligographa is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing one species Oligographa juniperi, which is known from South Africa and Mozambique.[2] The species is commonly known as the Juniper Hawk Moth.

The wingspan is 52-58 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Tecomaria capensis

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Oligographa/juniperi.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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