Polyptychus
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Polyptychus is a type of moth
in the family Sphingidae
. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia.
, with the back of the body long and cylindrical.
family.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Sphingidae
Sphingidae
Sphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
. These middle-sized, light-brown moths are found in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Appearance
Middle-sized to large (wing span 65 – 120 mm), light brown hawk moth. The head is unusually large in the SmerinthinaeSmerinthinae
The Smerinthinae are a sub-family of Sphingidae moths in the order Lepidoptera.-Smerinthinae Taxonomy:*Tribe Ambulycini*Tribe Smerinthini*Tribe Sphingulini- References :*, All-Leps Barcode of Life...
, with the back of the body long and cylindrical.
Life
These moths fly at night and do not visit flowers, and they don't particularly seek out light. In all cases, they lay their eggs in the plants of the BoraginaceaeBoraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, include a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
family.
Systematic classification
- Order mothsMothsMoths may refer to:* Gustav Moths , German rower* The Moths!, an English indie rock band* MOTHS, members of the Memorable Order of Tin Hats...
, LepidopteraLepidopteraLepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
Linnaeus, 1758- GlossataGlossataGlossata is the suborder of the insect order Lepidoptera that includes all the superfamilies of moths and butterflies that have a coilable proboscis. ....
- Coelolepida
- MyoglossataMyoglossataMyoglossata is a cohort of suborder Glossata within order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. It contains the subcohorts Myoglossata and Neolepidoptera. Myoglossata is considered a clade, that is, a group of organisms made up of a single common ancestor and all of its descendants. They are...
- NeolepidopteraNeolepidopteraNeolepidoptera is a subcohort of cohort Myoglossata in suborder Glossata of order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. They differ from Myoglossata in the larval stage abdominal prolegs, pupal morphology, and the mandibles are reduced in size. They also differ in their reproductive systems. ...
- HeteroneuraHeteroneuraHeteroneura is a natural group in the insect order Lepidoptera that comprises over 99% of all butterflies and moths. This is the sister group of the infraorder Exoporia , and is characterised by wing venation which is not similar or homoneurous in both pairs of wings....
- Eulepidoptera
- DitrysiaDitrysiaThe Ditrysia are a natural group or clade of insects in the Lepidopteran order containing both butterflies and moths. They are so named because the female has two distinct sexual openings: one for mating, and the other for laying eggs .About 98% of described species of Lepidoptera belong to Ditrysia...
- Apoditrysia
- MacrolepidopteraMacrolepidopteraMacrolepidoptera is a group within the insect order Lepidoptera. Traditionally used for the larger butterflies and moths as opposed to the "Microlepidoptera", this group is unnatural. However, it seems that by moving some taxa about, a monophyletic Macrolepidoptera can be easily achieved...
- BombycoideaBombycoideaBombycoidea is a superfamily of moths. It contains the silk moths, emperor moths, sphinx moths and relatives. The Lasiocampoidea are close relatives and sometimes merged in the present group. Their larvae exhibit horns.-Sources:...
- Family SphingidaeSphingidaeSphingidae is a family of moths , commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,200 species . It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region . They are moderate to large in size and are distinguished among moths for their rapid,...
- Subfamily SmerinthinaeSmerinthinaeThe Smerinthinae are a sub-family of Sphingidae moths in the order Lepidoptera.-Smerinthinae Taxonomy:*Tribe Ambulycini*Tribe Smerinthini*Tribe Sphingulini- References :*, All-Leps Barcode of Life...
- Genus Polyptychus Hübner, 1819 - around 30 types, Africa and Southeast Asia
- Polyptychus affinisPolyptychus affinisPolyptychus affinis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forest up to from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya....
- Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 - Afrika - Polyptychus andosaPolyptychus andosaCoryndon's Polyptychus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from eastern and western Africa.The length of the forewings is 26-29 mm for males and about 30 mm for females. The forewings and body of the female are cinnamon brown with indistinct markings...
- (Walker 1856) - Polyptychus anochusPolyptychus anochusPolyptychus anochus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Sierra Leone to Nigeria and the Congo.The wingspan is 30-33 mm.-Subspecies:*Polyptychus anochus anochus...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1906 - Polyptychus auroraPolyptychus auroraPolyptychus aurora is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Malawi....
- Clark 1936 - Polyptychus baltusPolyptychus baltusPolyptychus baltus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Gabon....
- Pierre 1985 - (Polyptychus barnsi) - Clark 1926
- Polyptychus baxteriPolyptychus baxteriPolyptychus baxteri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from eastern and western Africa.The length of the forewings is 26 mm for males, females are somewhat larger. The body and forewings are greyish purple. There is a dark median streak on the head and thorax and a dark streak from the...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1908 - Polyptychus bernardiiPolyptychus bernardiiPolyptychus bernardii is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Gabon, the Congo and from the Central African Republic....
- Rougeot 1966 - Polyptychus carteriPolyptychus carteriPolyptychus carteri is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from lowland forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo and Uganda.The length of the forewings is 33-35 mm. The head and body are pale greyish brown with a dark median streak on the head and thorax. The forewings are pale greyish brown....
- (Butler, 1882) - West Africa - Polyptychus chinensisPolyptychus chinensisPolyptychus chinensis is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from China, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago.The wingspan is 92-112 mm.-Subspecies:*Polyptychus chinensis chinensis...
- Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 - Central and Southwest ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, Ryukyu IslandsRyukyu IslandsThe , also known as the , is a chain of islands in the western Pacific, on the eastern limit of the East China Sea and to the southwest of the island of Kyushu in Japan. From about 1829 until the mid 20th century, they were alternately called Luchu, Loochoo, or Lewchew, akin to the Mandarin... - Polyptychus claudiaePolyptychus claudiaePolyptychus claudiae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sumbawa in Indonesia....
- Brechlin , Kitching & Cadiou, 2001 - Polyptychus coryndoniPolyptychus coryndoniPolyptychus coryndoni is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Brachystegia woodland from Zimbabwe to Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania. It has also been recorded from northern Nigeria....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Polyptychus dentatusPolyptychus dentatusPolyptychus dentatus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Sri Lanka, tropical India and tropical Pakistan.The wingspan is 92-120 mm. The forewing upperside ground colour is grey-brown with darker brown transverse lines. The antemedian, postmedian and submarginal lines are...
- (Cramer, 1777) - Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and PakistanPakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... - Polyptychus distensusPolyptychus distensusPolyptychus distensus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Gabon....
- Darge 1990 - Polyptychus enodiaPolyptychus enodiaPolyptychus enodia is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Gabon and the Congo Republic....
- (Holland 1889) - Polyptychus girardiPolyptychus girardiPolyptychus girardi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Guinea east to Cameroon....
- Pierre 1993 - Polyptychus herbulotiPolyptychus herbulotiPolyptychus herbuloti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon....
- Darge 1990 - Polyptychus hollandiPolyptychus hollandiPolyptychus hollandi is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Nigeria to the Congo ....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Polyptychus lapidatusPolyptychus lapidatusPolyptychus lapidatus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is found from Liberia to Ghana and Gabon....
- Joicey & Kaye 1917 - Polyptychus murinusPolyptychus murinusPolyptychus murinus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Liberia, Nigeria and from Cameroon to the Congo and Angola....
- Rothschild 1904 - Polyptychus nigriplagaPolyptychus nigriplagaPolyptychus nigriplaga is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from central and west Africa.The length of the forewings is 29-36 mm for males. The forewings and body are pale cinnamon to creamy clay. There is a dark mesial streak on the head and thorax and a dark dot at the base of the...
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Polyptychus orthographusPolyptychus orthographusPolyptychus orthographus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from lowland forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola and Uganda....
- Rothschild & Jordan 1903 - Polyptychus pauperculaPolyptychus pauperculaPolyptychus paupercula is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from forests from Liberia to Uganda.The length of the forewings is 27-31 mm for males, females are larger, darker and broader winged than the males. The wings are broader and less acuminate than other Polyptychus species. It is...
- Holland 1889 - Polyptychus potiendusPolyptychus potiendusPolyptychus potiendus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Cameroon....
- Darge 1990 - (Polyptychus retusus) - Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
- Polyptychus rougeotiPolyptychus rougeotiPolyptychus rougeoti is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Gabon.The forewings are long and narrow, apex acute. The ground colour of the upperside is wood brown, mottled with olive yellow at the costa, the inner margin and in the subapical area...
- Carcasson 1968 - Polyptychus sinusPolyptychus sinusPolyptychus sinus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Gabon....
- Pierre 1985 - Polyptychus thihongaePolyptychus thihongaePolyptychus thihongae is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Gabon and the Central African Republic....
- Bernardi 1970 - Polyptychus trilineatusPolyptychus trilineatusPolyptychus trilineatus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from large parts of Asia.The wingspan is 74-112 mm.The larvae feed on Ehretia species.-Subspecies:...
- Moore, 1888 - IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
- VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
and South ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... - Polyptychus trisectaPolyptychus trisectaPolyptychus trisecta is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from lowland forests from Liberia and Ghana to the Congo and western Uganda.The length of the forewings is 42-45 mm....
- (Aurivillius 1901) - Polyptychus wojtusiakiPolyptychus wojtusiakiPolyptychus wojtusiaki is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Nigeria....
- Pierre, 2001
- Polyptychus affinis
- Genus Polyptychus Hübner, 1819 - around 30 types, Africa and Southeast Asia
- Subfamily Smerinthinae
- Family Sphingidae
- Bombycoidea
- Macrolepidoptera
- Apoditrysia
- Ditrysia
- Eulepidoptera
- Heteroneura
- Neolepidoptera
- Myoglossata
- Coelolepida
- Glossata