Acanthosphinx
genus of insects
Acanthosphinx is a monotypic(meaning it only has one subclass) genus of moth. It is in the family Sphingidae. It was erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891.
| Acanthosphinx | |
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| Acanthosphinx guessfeldti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Tribe: | Smerinthini |
| Genus: | Acanthosphinx Aurivillius, 1891 |
| Species: | A. guessfeldti
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| Acanthosphinx guessfeldti | |
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It has one species, which is Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx. It was described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879.[2] It is seen in forests in Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.[3]
Each forewing is 57–70 mm in length.
References
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Wikispecies has information on: Acanthosphinx.
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Acanthosphinx Aurivillius, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
- ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2022-03-01 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Euphorbiaceae: Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill". Afromoths. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017.