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Macropoliana

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Macropoliana is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968. It is found in Central and Southern Africa.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilySphingidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
6
Family
Sphingidae
Collections
NHMUK, USNM
Recorded in
South Africa

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Macropoliana is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. The genus was erected by Robert Herbert Carcasson in 1968. It is found in Central and Southern Africa.

==Species== Macropoliana afarorum Rougeot 1975 Macropoliana asirensis Wiltshire 1980 Macropoliana cadioui Haxaire & Camiade, 2008 Macropoliana ferax (Rothschild & Jordan 1916) Macropoliana gessi Schmit, 2006 Macropoliana natalensis (Butler 1875) Macropoliana scheveni Carcasson 1972

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