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Macropoliana natalensis

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Macropoliana natalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Macropoliana
Species:
M. natalensis
Binomial name
Macropoliana natalensis
(Butler, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
  • Diludia natalensis Butler, 1875
  • Macropoliana oheffernani Gess, 1967
  • Acherontia spei Butler, 1875

Macropoliana natalensis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests and moist woodland from KwaZulu-Natal to Ethiopia and westwards to Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone.[2]

The length of the forewings is 55–70 mm for males and 65–75 mm for females and the wingspan is 107–126 mm.

The larvae feed on Spathodea nilotica, Spathodea campanulata, Markhamia lutea and Brachystegia species.

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.