Hoplistopus penricei (Cribage
hawkmoth)
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Subfamily: Sphinginae
Hoplistopus penricei male [photo J.
Joannou ©]
Distribution
Angola, Namibia, 'Transvaal' (South Africa) and Botswana
(Pinhey 1975 p. 137).
Larval host-plants
Publications
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Kroon, D.M. 1999. Lepidoptera of Southern
Africa - Host-plants and other Associations. A Catalogue. Published by
the author and Lepidopterists' Society of Africa, P.O. Box 477, Jukskei Park
2153, South Africa.
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Pinhey, E.C.G. 1975. Moths of Southern
Africa. Tafelberg, Cape Town.
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