Lycosphingia
Genus of moths
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Lycosphingia is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae containing only one species, Lycosphingia hamatus. It is known from forests from Liberia and Ghana to Angola, the Congo and Uganda.[2]
| Lycosphingia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Smerinthini |
| Genus: | Lycosphingia Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 |
| Species: | L. hamatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lycosphingia hamatus | |
| Synonyms | |
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The length of the forewings is 29–31 mm.