Polyptychus digitatus Karsch, 1891a

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 197

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C48A-FF1D-62F6-FDCBFD2499F6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Polyptychus digitatus Karsch, 1891a
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COMMON NAME (S): Hawk moth, Sphinx moth or Hornworm.

SYNONYM(S): Polyptychoides insulanus Darge, 2004b .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: ‘Lusaka’, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: Darge 2004b; De Prins & De Prins 2022.