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Xenosphingia
jansei (Janse's sphinx hawkmoth)
Life
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Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
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Hexapoda
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Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida >
Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
> Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura >
Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera >
Macrolepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Family:
Sphingidae (hawkmoths) > Subfamily: Sphinginae
Xenosphingia jansei male [photo J.
Joannou ©]
Distribution
Zimbabwe (Matabeleland in the Kalahari sand region from
Bulawayo to Victoria Falls), Botswana, Namibia (Pinhey 1975).
Host-plants
Unknown.
Publications
- Pinhey, E.C.G. 1975. Moths of Southern
Africa. Tafelberg, Cape Town.
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