Platysphinx piabilis (Measly Hawkmoth)

Platysphinx piabilis (Measly hawkmoth)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Bombycoidea > Family: Sphingidae (hawkmoths) > Subfamily: Sphinginae

Platysphinx piabilis male [photo J. Joannou ©]

KwaZulu-Natal and 'Transvaal' (South Africa), Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi to Tanzania, Kenya (Pinhey 1975).

Recorded in Kroon (1999) (unless otherwise indicated).

Craibia zimmermannii Family: Fabaceae
Millettia sutherlandii Family: Fabaceae
Mundulea sericea Family: Fabaceae
Pterocarpus angolensis Family: Fabaceae
Pterocarpus rotundifolius Family: Fabaceae
Xeroderris stuhlmannii (= Ostryoderris stuhlmannii) Family: Fabaceae Recorded in Pinhey (1975).

Kroon, D.M. 1999. Lepidoptera of Southern Africa - Host-plants and other Associations. A Catalogue. Published by the author and Lepidopterists' Society of Africa, P.O. Box 477, Jukskei Park 2153, South Africa.
Pinhey, E.C.G. 1975. Moths of Southern Africa. Tafelberg, Cape Town.