''Phylloxiphia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths commonly 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, but species ar ...

erected by

Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist, and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ...

and Karl Jordan in 1903.

Species

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Phylloxiphia bicolor ''Phylloxiphia bicolor'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo and Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern ...

'' (Rothschild, 1894) *''

Phylloxiphia formosa ''Phylloxiphia formosa'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast to the Central African Republic, Uganda and Tanzania, south to Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlo ...

'' Schultze, 1914 *''

Phylloxiphia goodii ''Phylloxiphia goodii'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo, ...

'' (Holland, 1889) *''

Phylloxiphia illustris ''Phylloxiphia illustris'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forest from Liberia to the Congo and western Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered ...

'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) *''

Phylloxiphia karschi ''Phylloxiphia karschi'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered t ...

'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) *''

Phylloxiphia metria ''Phylloxiphia metria'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known to be from ''Brachystegia'' woodland of Mozambique to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and north to Malawi and Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United R ...

'' (Jordan, 1920) *''

Phylloxiphia oberthueri ''Phylloxiphia oberthueri'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from lowland forests from Liberia and Ivory Coast east to the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Con ...

'' Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 *''

Phylloxiphia oweni ''Phylloxiphia oweni'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Sierra Leone east to the Central African Republic and then south to Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republ ...

'' (Carcasson, 1968) *''

Phylloxiphia punctum ''Phylloxiphia punctum'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna from north-eastern South Africa to Zimbabwe, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania ...

'' (Rothschild, 1907) *''

Phylloxiphia vicina ''Phylloxiphia vicina'' is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Liberia to Nigeria and to Tanzania and Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Sout ...

'' (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)

References

Smerinthini Sphingidae genera Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan {{Smerinthini-stub