Polyptychus andosa (Walker, 1856)

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 196

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C48D-FF1A-62F6-FC9CFD269E2E

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Polyptychus andosa (Walker, 1856)
status

 

Polyptychus andosa (Walker, 1856) View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Hawk moth, Sphinx moth or Hornworm.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Schmit 2021.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Sphingidae

Genus

Polyptychus

Family

Name

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