Polyptychus affinis explained

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 6000feet in forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya.[1]

The larvae feed on Detarium senegalense and Albizia species.[2]

Taxonomy

Polyptychus retusus is sometimes treated as a valid species.[3]

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 . Polyptychus affinis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 . Afromoths . December 5, 2018.
  3. Web site: CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721144853/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Polyptychus/retusus.html. 2011-07-21. dead . Cate-sphingidae.org . 2011-11-01.

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