Rufoclanis numosae

Wavy polyptychus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Rufoclanis
Species:	R. numosae
Binomial name
	Rufoclanis numosae; (Wallengren, 1860)
Synonyms
	Smerinthus numosae Wallengren, 1860; Polyptychus consanguineus Distant, 1899; Rufoclanis numosae hesperus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1916); Triptogon cytis Druce, 1882; Polyptychus fumosus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903; Polyptychus kindunus Strand, 1918; Polyptychus pelops Fawcett, 1915;

Rufoclanis numosae, the wavy polyptychus, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Hans Daniel Johan Wallengren in 1860. It is known from dry bush and arid savanna in much of eastern and southern Africa.^[2]

The length of the forewings is 22–30 mm for males and 34–36 mm for females and the wingspan is 54–58 mm.

Subspecies

Rufoclanis numosae numosae — Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Namibia, Zimbabwe, north-eastern South Africa
Rufoclanis numosae rostislavi Haxaire & Melichar, 2009 — Ethiopia
Rufoclanis numosae subjectus (Walker, 1869) — Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia

References

^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
^ 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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[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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