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词条 Theretra capensis
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{{Taxobox
| image = Theretra_capensis.JPG
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Sphingidae
| genus = Theretra
| species = T. capensis
| binomial = Theretra capensis
| binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1764)[1]
| synonyms =
  • Sphinx capensis Linnaeus, 1764
  • Sphinx aeas Cramer, 1779
  • Sphinx cecrops Cramer, 1779
  • Sphinx clotho Fabricius, 1787
  • Sphinx immaculata Gmelin, 1790
  • Gnathostypsis ostracina Wallengren, 1858
  • Theretra capensis vinacea (Closs, 1915)

}}Theretra capensis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from woodland and open habitats from the Cape to Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique and East Africa.[2]

The length of the forewings is 44–52 mm. The body and forewings are pale greenish-brown, greyish-green, buff, or pale reddish brown, sometimes with a darker postmedial band. The hindwings are uniform rosy red.

The larvae feed on Vigna species.[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Theretra/alecto.html |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-10-25}}{{dead_link|date=September 2016|fix-attempted=yes}}
2. ^{{cite journal |last=Carcasson |first=R. H. |author-link=Robert Herbert Carcasson |date=1967 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up |title=Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species |journal=Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=1–173 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}
3. ^{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |last-author-amp=yes |date=2018 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/THERCAPE |title=Theretra capensis (Linnaeus, 1764) |website=Afromoths |accessdate=December 6, 2018}}
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