Pantophaea favillacea

Pantophaea favillacea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and bush from eastern Kenya to Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.[2]

Pantophaea favillacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Pantophaea
Species:
P. favillacea
Binomial name
Pantophaea favillacea
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anceryx favillacea Walker, 1866
  • Pemba favillacea
  • Coenotes maximus Clark, 1922
  • Pemba distanti Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

The length of the forewings is 34–39 mm for males and about 48 mm for females and the wingspan is 69–85 mm. The head and thorax are pale grey. The abdomen is pale grey with a narrow dark dorsal line and a pair of blackish lateral spots on each segment. The forewings are narrow and elongated, pale grey and lightly mottled with darker grey. There are two short narrow black streaks in the centre of the wing, one at the apex. The hindwings are uniformly paler. The body and forewings of the females are darker than in males and the wings are broader and more rounded. The Hindwings are also more rounded and are uniform grey (darker than the forewings).

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. 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.


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