Microclanis is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, containing one species, Microclanis erlangeri, which is known from arid bush from central Tanzania to eastern and northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.[2]

Microclanis
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Microclanis

Carcasson, 1968
Species:
M. erlangeri
Binomial name
Microclanis erlangeri
Synonyms
  • Polyptychus erlangeri Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

References edit

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  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.