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Polyptychoides digitatus

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Polyptychoides digitatus is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from heavy forest up to 8,000 feet from Liberia and Angola to Uganda and western Kenya.[2]

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Polyptychoides digitatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Polyptychoides
Species:
P. digitatus
Binomial name
Polyptychoides digitatus
(Karsch, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus digitatus Karsch, 1891
  • Smerinthus dentatus Dewitz, 1879 (suppressed)
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The length of the forewings is 39–41 mm for males.

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