Nephele accentifera

Accented hawk
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Nephele
Species:
N. accentifera
Binomial name
Nephele accentifera
Synonyms
  • Sphinx accentifera Palisot de Beauvois, 1821
  • Sphinx tridyma van der Hoeven, 1840
  • Deilephila ranzani Bertoloni, 1850
  • Nephele variegata Butler, 1875

Nephele accentifera, the accented hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Palisot de Beauvois in 1821. It is common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, excluding Madagascar and the Cape Peninsula.[2]

Diet

The larvae feed on the leaves of Ficus sur[3] and Ficus natalensis.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  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.
  3. ^ "Ficus sur Forssk". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 31 December 2012.


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