''Pseudoclanis canui'' 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, ...
. It occurs on the island of
Príncipe
Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Census; , in the
Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian (zero degrees latitude and longitude) is in the ...
.
[''Pseudoclanis canui'' Darge, 1991]
AfroMoths, an online database of Afrotropical moth species The species was first described by Philippe Darge in 1991.
See also
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Pseudoclanis tomensis'' - a species of the same genus found on the island of São Tomé
References
Further reading
*Darge, P. (1991). "Lépidoptères Sphingidae des îles du Golfe de Guinée".
epidoptera: Sphingidae of the Gulf of Guinea Islands ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de Mulhouse''. 47 (4): 62–64.
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Pseudoclanis
Moths described in 1991
Fauna of Príncipe
Endemic moths of São Tomé and Príncipe
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