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(Redirected from Microclanis erlangeri) Genus of moths

Microclanis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Microclanis
Carcasson, 1968
Species: M. erlangeri
Binomial name
Microclanis erlangeri
(Rothschild & Jordan, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus erlangeri Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

Microclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Microclanis erlangeri, which is known from arid bush from central Tanzania to eastern and northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.

References

  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.
Taxon identifiers
Microclanis


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