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Natal Sphinx

Macropoliana

Description:

Body size abou 8 cm.

Habitat:

Lodge complex, evening.

Notes:

Macropoliana is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family. Species

2 Comments

Tiz
Tiz 10 years ago

Thank you for the ID Jakob. This one is tricky indeed. I will leave it with genus ID for now!

Have a great day!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 10 years ago

Beautiful! Definitely Macropoliana sp., Macropoliana natalensis looks like the closest match, but M. ferax is also similar.

Tiz
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Tiz

Sifundza seLubombo, Swaziland

Spotted on Mar 6, 2014
Submitted on Mar 8, 2014

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