Polyptychoides digitatus

Polyptychoides digitatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychoides
Species: P. digitatus
Binomial name
Polyptychoides digitatus
(Karsch, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus digitatus Karsch, 1891
  • Smerinthus dentatus Dewitz, 1879 (suppressed)

Polyptychoides digitatus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from heavy forest up to 8,000 feet from Liberia and Angola to Uganda and western Kenya.[2]

The length of the forewings is 39–41 mm for males. Females are larger and have broader wings.

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