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Sphingomorpha

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Sphingomorpha

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Also known as fruitsucking

thumb|Sphingomorpha chlorea, South Africa

Species

Sundowner moth

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyErebidae
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Sphingomorpha
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thumb|Sphingomorpha chlorea, South Africa

Sphingomorpha is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Some species, such as Sphingomorpha chlorea, are notorious pests in orchards, and are known as fruitsucking or fruit-piercing moths.

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