Microclanis

Microclanis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Microclanis
Carcasson, 1968
Species: M. erlangeri
Binomial name
Microclanis erlangeri
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus erlangeri Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Microclanis is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing one species, Microclanis erlangeri, which is known from arid bush from central Tanzania to eastern and northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.[2]

The length of the forewings is 23–26 mm for males and 25–30 mm for females which are generally larger, darker, more indistinctly marked and have more rounded wings.

References

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