Phylloxiphia punctum

Phylloxiphia punctum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Phylloxiphia
Species: P. punctum
Binomial name
Phylloxiphia punctum
(Rothschild, 1907)[1]
Synonyms
  • Libyoclanis punctum Rothschild, 1907

Phylloxiphia punctum is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from savanna from north-eastern South Africa to Zimbabwe, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 35 mm. Females are somewhat larger and have more rounded wings. The head and thorax are bright pinkish brown, but the is abdomen paler. The forewings are long and narrow, pinkish brown with a blackish dot near the apex and a reddish inner marginal basal streak. The hindwings are pinkish orange.

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