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Nephele accentifera

Synonyms: Nephele peneus (heterotypic); Nephele ranzani; Nephele tridyma; Nephele variegata

Wikipedia Abstract

Nephele accentifera (accented hawk) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, excluding Madagascar and the Cape Peninsula. The length of the forewings is 35–42 mm and the wingspan is 79–88 mm. The abdomen is heavily marked with black. The forewings are broad, with an evenly curved margin, boldly but irregularly marked with dark brown, grey and ochreous. The submarginal areas are dark brown with diffuse ochreous internervular spots at the termen. There is a very dark wedge shaped area with the apex at the inner margin, near the base. There is also a large ochreous apical area at the costa and a similar but smaller spot between the costa and stigma. The stigma consists of three silvery white commas converging rather like the spokes of
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Prey / Diet

Carissa macrocarpa (amatungulu)[1]
Cryptostegia grandiflora (Palay rubbervine)[1]
Ficus thonningii (Chinese banyan)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0