''Platysphinx constrigilis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of 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, ...

first described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is known from Africa. The larvae feed on ''

Alchornea cordifolia ''Alchornea cordifolia'' is a shrub or small tree distributed throughout tropical Africa, it can grow up to 8 metres tall. The plant is used in traditional African medicine. Common name is the Christmas bush. Chemical constituents The leaves, ...

'', ''

Baphia pubescens ''Baphia pubescens'' is a medium size tree common in Guineo-Congolian forest. It is known as in the Akan language of Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf o ...

'' and ''

Macrolobium macrophyllum ''Macrolobium'' is a legume genus in the subfamily Detarioideae. It is a tropical genus with about 80 species. Half occur in Brazil, where they are common in the floodplains of the Amazonian Basin. Members of the genus are used as ornamentals a ...

''.

Subspecies

*''Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis'' (forests from Cameroon to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya) *''Platysphinx constrigilis lamtoi'' Pierre, 1989 (Ivory Coast)

References

Platysphinx Moths described in 1869 Moths of Africa Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Smerinthini-stub