Oligographa
| Oligographa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Sphingini |
| Genus: | Oligographa Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
| Species: | O. juniperi |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligographa juniperi (Boisduval, 1847)[1] | |
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Oligographa is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing one species Oligographa juniperi, which is known from South Africa and Mozambique.[2] The species is commonly known as the Juniper Hawk Moth.
The wingspan is 52–58 mm.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Tecomaria capensis
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
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