Platysphinx constrigilis

Platysphinx constrigilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is known from Africa.[2]

Platysphinx constrigilis
Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Platysphinx
Species:
P. constrigilis
Binomial name
Platysphinx constrigilis
(Walker, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ambulyx constrigilis Walker, 1869
  • Platysphinx lemoulti Clark 1936
  • Platysphinx bituberculatus Darge, 1986

The larvae feed on Alchornea cordifolia, Baphia pubescens and Macrolobium macrophyllum.[3]

Subspecies
  • Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis (forests from Cameroon to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya)
  • Platysphinx constrigilis lamtoi Pierre, 1989 (Ivory Coast)

References
  1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. 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.
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis (Walker, 1869)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 11, 2018.


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