Platysphinx constrigilis

Platysphinx constrigilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Francis Walker in 1869. It is known from Africa.^[2]

Platysphinx constrigilis
Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Platysphinx
Species:	P. constrigilis
Binomial name
Platysphinx constrigilis (Walker, 1869)[1]
Synonyms
Ambulyx constrigilis Walker, 1869 Platysphinx lemoulti Clark 1936 Platysphinx bituberculatus Darge, 1986

The larvae feed on Alchornea cordifolia, Baphia pubescens and Macrolobium macrophyllum.^[3]

Subspecies

• Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis (forests from Cameroon to Angola, the Congo, Uganda and western Kenya)
• Platysphinx constrigilis lamtoi Pierre, 1989 (Ivory Coast)

References

1. "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.^{[permanent dead link]}
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.
3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Platysphinx constrigilis constrigilis (Walker, 1869)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 11, 2018.