Poliodes

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Poliodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Poliodes
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:
P. roseicornis
Binomial name
Poliodes roseicornis
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1]
Synonyms
  • Temnora erato Fawcett, 1915

Poliodes is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Poliodes roseicornis, which is known from dry bush in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. 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.



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