Platysphinx constrigilis explained

Platysphinx constrigilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is known from Africa.^[1]

The larvae feed on Alchornea cordifolia, Baphia pubescens and Macrolobium macrophyllum.^[2]

Subspecies

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

Notes and References

1. Carcasson . R. H. . Robert Herbert Carcasson . 1967 . Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species . Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum . 26 . 3 . 1–173 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.
2. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis (Walker, 1869) . Afromoths . December 11, 2018.