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Platysphinx

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Platysphinx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.

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, PU, USNM
Recorded in
Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Smerinthinae
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Platysphinx conspersa.jpg
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Category:Platysphinx
taxon name
Platysphinx
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Platysphinx
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Encyclopedic overview

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Platysphinx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903.

==Species== Platysphinx bouyeri Haxaire & Bompar 2004 Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker 1869) Platysphinx dorsti Rougeot 1977 Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan 1903 Platysphinx piabilis (Distant 1897) Platysphinx stigmatica (Mabille 1878) Platysphinx vicaria Jordan 1920 Platysphinx zabolichus Haxaire & Melichar 2007

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