Pantophaea jordani

Pantophaea jordani
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Pantophaea
Species:	P. jordani
Binomial name
	Pantophaea jordani; (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
	Pemba jordani Joicey & Talbot, 1916; Pemba cardinalli Tams, 1925;

Pantophaea jordani is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from woodland and savanna from west Africa to Uganda.[2]

The body and forewings are grey, with a wide, diffuse dark grey postmedial band and a dark diffuse spot at the costa, near the apex. The stigma is small, round and whitish. The Hindwings are white with a small dark spot at tornus. Females are larger, darker and have broader wings than males. The hindwings are dark grey.

References

"CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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 2012-09-03. 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.