Acanthosphinx
Sign in to saveAcanthosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Its only species, Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilySphingidae
Insecten Acanthosphinx is een geslacht van vlinders uit de onderfamilie Smerinthinae van de familie pijlstaarten (Sphingidae). Soorten Acanthosphinx guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)[1] Bronnen, noten en/of referenties ↑ Dewitz, H. (1879) Afrikanische Tagschmetterlinge, ... [Texte imprimé]; Nova acta der ksl. Leop.-Carol. deutschen Akad. der Naturforscher. XLI. Pars II. 2; Halle : Druck von E. Blochmann und Sohn in Dresden, 1879 (de) Geplaatst op:01-11-2009 Dit artikel is een beginnetje over biologie. U wordt uitgenodigd om op bewerken te klikken om uw kennis aan dit artikel toe te voegen.
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Acanthosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Its only species, Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879. It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.
The length of each forewing is 57–70 mm.
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