Pseudoclanis occidentalis
Appearance
Pseudoclanis occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sphingidae |
Genus: | Pseudoclanis |
Species: | P. occidentalis
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoclanis occidentalis |
Pseudoclanis occidentalis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, the Central African Republic and Kenya.[2]
The larvae feed on Ficus natalensis, Ficus asperifolia, Ficus leprieurii, Ficus platyphylla, Ficus macrosperma, Ficus mucoso, Ficus umbellata, Urera camerunensis, Sterculia tragacantha, Loranthus and Celtis species.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ 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.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Pseudoclanis occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903". Afromoths. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
Categories:
- Pseudoclanis
- Moths described in 1903
- Insects of Cameroon
- Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
- Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Insects of Uganda
- Fauna of the Central African Republic
- Fauna of Gabon
- Insects of West Africa
- Insects of Tanzania
- Taxa named by Walter Rothschild
- Taxa named by Karl Jordan
- Smerinthini stubs