Xenosphingia

Xenosphingia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Xenosphingia
Jordan, 1920
Species: X. jansei
Binomial name
Xenosphingia jansei
Jordan, 1920[1]

Xenosphingia is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing one species, Xenosphingia jansei, which is known from arid bush in western Zimbabwe and adjoining Botswana.[2]

The wingspan is 54–65 mm.

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Xenosphingia
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-01.


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