Polyptychus carteri

Polyptychus carteri
Polyptychus carteri, adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychus
Species: P. carteri
Binomial name
Polyptychus carteri
(Butler, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Pseudosmerinthus carteri Butler, 1852
  • Polyptychus poliadles Rothschild & Jordan, 1906

Polyptychus carteri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from lowland forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo and Uganda.[1]

The length of the forewings is 33–35 mm. The head and body are pale greyish brown with a dark median streak on the head and thorax. The forewings are pale greyish brown.

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