Polyptychoides
Encyclopedia
Polyptychoides is a genus of moth
s in the Sphingidae
family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
family.
Species
- Polyptychoides afarissaquePolyptychoides afarissaquePolyptychoides afarissaque is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Ethiopia....
- Darge, 2004 - Polyptychoides assimilisPolyptychoides assimilisPolyptychoides assimilis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found in South and East Africa, including Sudan. Some authors consider it to be a subspecies of Polyptychoides grayii.-External links:*...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Polyptychoides cadiouiPolyptychoides cadiouiPolyptychoides cadioui is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania and Kenya....
- Darge, 2005 - Polyptychoides digitatusPolyptychoides digitatusPolyptychoides digitatus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from heavy forest up to 8,000 feet from Liberia and Angola to Uganda and western Kenya.The length of the forewings is 39-41 mm for males. Females are larger and have broader wings....
- (Karsch 1891) - Polyptychoides erosusPolyptychoides erosusPolyptychoides erosus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from highland forest in Kenya and Tanzania, east of the Rift Valley.The length of the forewings is 35-41 mm for males and about 53 mm for females....
- (Jordan 1923) - Polyptychoides grayiiPolyptychoides grayiiGray's Polyptychus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from eastern Africa, south to South Africa.The wingspan is 77-93 mm.The larvae feed on Cordia caffra....
- (Walker 1856) - Polyptychoides insulanusPolyptychoides insulanusPolyptychoides insulanus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from eastern Africa....
- Darge, 2004 - Polyptychoides mbarikensisPolyptychoides mbarikensisPolyptychoides mbarikensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Mbaraki Mountains in the Morogoro Province of Tanzania....
- Darge & Minetti, 2005 - Polyptychoides niloticusPolyptychoides niloticusPolyptychoides niloticus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Zambia to Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia.This species is subject to considerable seasonal and climatic variation. Extreme dry season specimens and specimens from arid areas are very small, sandy, with all markings faint or...
- (Jordan 1921) - Polyptychoides obtususPolyptychoides obtususPolyptychoides obtusus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania....
- Darge, 2004 - Polyptychoides politzariPolyptychoides politzariPolyptychoides politzari is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Meru Forest in Kenya....
- Darge & Basquin, 2005 - Polyptychoides ruahaPolyptychoides ruahaPolyptychoides ruaha is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Tanzania....
- Darge, 2004 - Polyptychoides septentrionalisPolyptychoides septentrionalisPolyptychoides septentrionalis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Kenya....
- Darge, 2004 - Polyptychoides vuattouxiPolyptychoides vuattouxiPolyptychoides vuattouxi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast and Ghana....
- Pierre 1989