Biology:Pantophaea jordani

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Short description: Species of moth

Pantophaea jordani
Pantophaea jordani BMNHE274986 female up.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Pantophaea
Species:
P. jordani
Binomial name
Pantophaea jordani
(Joicey & Talbot, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pemba jordani Joicey & Talbot, 1916
  • Pemba cardinalli Tams, 1925

Pantophaea jordani is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from woodland and savanna from west Africa to Uganda.[2]

The body and forewings are grey, with a wide, diffuse dark grey postmedial band and a dark diffuse spot at the costa, near the apex. The stigma is small, round and whitish. The Hindwings are white with a small dark spot at tornus. Females are larger, darker and have broader wings than males. The hindwings are dark grey.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2475619 entry