Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856)

Spitsyn, Vitaly M., Spitsyna, Elizaveta A., Burchalovskaia, Polina D. & Bolotov, Ivan N., 2022, A review of the Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Zanzibar (Unguja) Island (Tanzania), Ecologica Montenegrina 57, pp. 109-117 : 110

2. Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856)

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Material examined: TANZANIA, Zanzibar Island, Kiwengwa Forest , dry monsoon forest, 5°59'25"S, 39°21'49"E, 1-3.iv.2021, 4 specimens, E. Spitsyna & V. Spitsyn leg.

Distribution. Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania (including Zanzibar Island), Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe ( De Prins & De Prins 2022; this study).

Remarks. First record from Zanzibar Island.

Figures

Figure 1. Examples of Smerinthinae species from Zanzibar Island (collection of RMBH): (A) Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856); (B) Andriasa contraria Walker, 1856. Scale bar = 10 mm.