Rufoclanis numosae

Wavy polyptychus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Rufoclanis
Species:	R. numosae
Binomial name
Rufoclanis numosae (Wallengren, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
Smerinthus numosae Wallengren, 1860 Polyptychus consanguineus Distant, 1899 Rufoclanis numosae hesperus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916) Triptogon cytis Druce, 1882 Polyptychus fumosus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Polyptychus kindunus Strand, 1918 Polyptychus pelops Fawcett, 1915

The Wavy polyptychus (Rufoclanis numosae) is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from dry bush and arid savanna in much of eastern and southern Africa.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 22–30 mm for males and 34–36 mm for females and the wingspan is 54–58 mm. The wings are greyish pinkish brown to light brown with an evenly curved oblique post-medial line on the forewings and numerous dark wavy lines on the hindwings. There is also a faint dark spot at the base of the forewings and a prominent reniform stigma, as well as two dark spots at the tornus of the hindwing.

Subspecies

• Rufoclanis numosae numosae (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, north-eastern South Africa)
• Rufoclanis numosae rostislavi Haxaire & Melichar, 2009 (Ethiopia)
• Rufoclanis numosae subjectus (Walker, 1869) (Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia)

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.