Platysphinx zabolichus

Platysphinx zabolichus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from South Africa.

Platysphinx zabolichus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Platysphinx
Species:
P. zabolichus
Binomial name
Platysphinx zabolichus
Haxaire & Melichar, 2007[1]

The length of the forewings is 46 cm for males. The top of the body and front wings are pale yellow, while the forewing has a discreet greyish beige pattern. The top of the hindwing is speckled yellow with red spots. It is only convincingly separable from Platysphinx piabilis by examining the genitalia.[2]

References

  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. Jean Haxaire & Tomas Melichar (2007). "Description d'un nouveau Sphingidae du genre Platysphinx: Platysphinx zabolicus sp. n. (Lepidoptera Sphingidae)". European Entomologist. 12:1(1): 14–19.


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