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Polyptychus
''Polyptychus'' is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia. Description They are a middle-sized to large (wingspan 65–120 mm), light-brown hawk moth. The head is unusually large in subfamily Smerinthinae, with the back of the body long and cylindrical. Life These moths fly at night and do not visit flowers, and they do not particularly seek out light. In all cases, they lay their eggs in the plants of the family Boraginaceae. Species list * '' Polyptychus affinis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 – Africa * '' Polyptychus andosa'' (Walker 1856) * '' Polyptychus anochus'' Rothschild & Jordan 1906 * '' Polyptychus aurora'' Clark 1936 * '' Polyptychus baltus'' Pierre 1985 * ('' Polyptychus barnsi'') Clark 1926 * '' Polyptychus baxteri'' Rothschild & Jordan 1908 * '' Polyptychus bernardii'' Rougeot 1966 * '' Polyptychus carteri'' (Butler, 1882) – West Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Trilineatus
''Polyptychus trilineatus'', the common crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from large parts of South Asia. Description The wingspan is 74–112 mm. Polyptychus trilineatus MHNT CUT 2010 0 17 Doi Inthanon Chiang Mai Thailande dorsal.jpg, Male Polyptychus trilineatus MHNT CUT 2010 0 17 Doi Inthanon Chiang Mai Thailande ventral.jpg, Male underside Polyptychus trilineatus MHNT CUT 2010 0 20 Ban Kheun Laos female dorsal.jpg, Female Polyptychus trilineatus MHNT CUT 2010 0 20 Ban Kheun Laos ventral female.jpg, Female underside Biology The larvae feed on ''Ehretia'' species. Subspecies *''Polyptychus trilineatus trilineatus'' (northern India, Nepal, Myanmar, southern China (Hainan), Thailand and Vietnam) *''Polyptychus trilineatus celebensis'' Clark, 1929 (Sulawesi) *''Polyptychus trilineatus costalis'' Mell, 1922 (southern China) *''Polyptychus trilineatus javanicus'' Gehlen, 1931 *''Polyptychus trilineatus kelanus'' Jordan, 1930 *''Polyptych ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Chinensis
''Polyptychus chinensis'', the Chinese crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from China, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago. Description The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 92–112 mm. Polyptychus chinensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 20 Tokyo Japan female dorsal.jpg, Female Polyptychus chinensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 20 Tokyo Japan female ventral.jpg, Female underside Polyptychus chinensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 20 Taiwan male dorsal.jpg, Male Polyptychus chinensis MHNT CUT 2010 0 20 Taiwan male ventral.jpg, Male underside Subspecies *''Polyptychus chinensis chinensis'' (Taiwan and the southern Ryukyu Archipelago) *''Polyptychus chinensis draconis'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1916 (Central to southwestern China) *''Polyptychus chinensis dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Affinis
''Polyptychus affinis'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. It is known at elevations up to in forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo Basin, Congo, Uganda and western Kenya. The larvae feed on ''Detarium senegalense'' and ''Albizia ''Albizia'' is a genus of more than 160 species of mostly fast-growing subtropical and tropical trees and shrubs in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae. The genus is pantropical, occurring in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, America an ...'' species. Taxonomy ''Polyptychus retusus'' is sometimes treated as a valid species. References Polyptychus Moths described in 1903 Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Anochus
''Polyptychus anochus'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Sierra Leone to Nigeria and the Congo. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 30–33 mm. Subspecies *''Polyptychus anochus anochus'' *''Polyptychus anochus margo'' Pierre & Basquin, 2005 (Central African Republic) References Polyptychus Moths described in 1906 Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Insects of West Africa Fauna of the Central African Republic Fauna of Gabon Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Barnsi
''Polyptychus nigriplaga'' is a moth in the family Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths ( Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, .... It is native to central and western Africa. Subspecies *''Polyptychus nigriplaga nigriplaga'' *''Polyptychus nigriplaga kivui'' Clark, 1926 (lowland forest from Liberia and the Ivory Coast to the Congo and Uganda) References Polyptychus 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 Gabon Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Andosa
''Polyptychus andosa'', or Coryndon's polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern and western Africa. The length of the forewings is 26–29 mm for males and about 30 mm for females. The forewings and body of the female are cinnamon brown with indistinct markings. The larvae feed on ''Morus Morus may refer to: People * Alexander Morus (1616–1670), Franco-Scottish Protestant preacher * Henryk Moruś (1943–2013), Polish serial killer * Huw Morus (1622–1709), Welsh poet * Thomas More or Morus (1478–1535), English philosopher * M ...'' and '' Parinare'' species. Subspecies * ''Polyptychus andosa andosa'' (Forests from Sierra Leone to Nigeria) * ''Polyptychus andosa tiro'' Kernbach, 1957 (Forests from the Congo to Uganda) * ''Polyptychus andosa amaniensis'' Carcasson, 1968 (Tanzania) References Polyptychus Moths described in 1856 Moths of Africa Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Insects of West Africa Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Aurora
''Polyptychus aurora'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northe .... References Polyptychus Moths described in 1936 Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Insects of Tanzania Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Taxa named by Benjamin Preston Clark {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Carteri
''Polyptychus carteri'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo Basin, Congo and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The south .... References Polyptychus Moths described in 1852 Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Dentatus
''Polyptychus dentatus'', the straight-lined crenulate hawkmoth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sri Lanka, tropical India and tropical Pakistan. The wingspan is 92–120 mm. The forewing upperside ground colour is grey-brown with darker brown transverse lines. The antemedian, postmedian and submarginal lines are well-developed and almost straight. The median line is sinuous and inconspicuous. There is a strongly serrate line present between the postmedian and submarginal lines. In India, larvae have been recorded on '' Cordia dichotoma'', ''Cordia sebestena'' and ''Ehretia laevis ''Ehretia laevis'' is a small tree belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It is native tree of Asia, and found in China, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialis ...''. There are six larval instars, the first of which does not eat any plant material, instead the newly hatched larva eats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Baxteri
''Polyptychus baxteri'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from eastern and western Africa. The length of the forewings is 26 mm for males, females are somewhat larger. The larvae feed on ''Thespesia ''Thespesia'' is a genus of 13 flowering shrubs and trees in the '' Hibiscus'' family, Malvaceae, although within the family they are more closely related to cotton plants ('' Gossypium''). The genus is distributed from the South Pacific thro ...'' species. Subspecies *''Polyptychus baxteri baxteri'' (Braehystegia savanna and woodland in Tanzania and Zambia) *''Polyptychus baxteri jansei'' Clark, 1936 (Zimbabwe and western Mozambique) References Polyptychus Moths described in 1908 Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Lepidoptera of Mozambique Lepidoptera of Tanzania Lepidoptera of Zambia Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Enodia
''Polyptychus enodia'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is present in Gabon and West Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the .... References Polyptychus Moths described in 1889 Insects of Cameroon Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Fauna of the Central African Republic Fauna of the Republic of the Congo Fauna of Gabon Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa Taxa named by William Jacob Holland {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyptychus Girardi
''Polyptychus girardi'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ... east to Cameroon. References Polyptychus Moths described in 1993 Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa {{Smerinthini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |