Pantophaea favillacea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and bush from eastern Kenya to Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.[2]

Pantophaea favillacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Pantophaea
Species:
P. favillacea
Binomial name
Pantophaea favillacea
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Anceryx favillacea Walker, 1866
  • Pemba favillacea
  • Coenotes maximus Clark, 1922
  • Pemba distanti Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

The length of the forewings is 34–39 mm for males and about 48 mm for females and the wingspan is 69–85 mm.

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-08-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  2. ^ Carcasson, R. H. (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 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.