Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei

Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Sphingonaepiopsis
Species:	S. ansorgei
Binomial name
	Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei; Rothschild, 1904[1]
Synonyms
	Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei featheri Clark, 1928;

Sphingonaepiopsis ansorgei is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from open habitats from northern South Africa to East Africa in the east and to Angola in the west.[2]

The length of the forewings is 14–15 mm. The ground colour of the body and forewings is reddish. Dark spots are absent, but replaced by a broad, rather diffuse diagonal band. The hindwings are uniform reddish.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
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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[1] "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

[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.