Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914

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Higher taxa:	Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Phylloxiphia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Schultze, 1914
Citation:	Phylloxiphia formosa nov. spec. ♂
Original genus:	Phylloxiphia
Publication:	Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren.
Journal:	Archiv für Naturgeschichte
Volume:	(A) 80
Issue:	1
Pagination:	125–126; pl. 6, figs 5, 5a
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13260213

Phylloxiphia formosa (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Description of female by P. Basquin (1992a: 46).

Basquin P. 1992a. Description de la femelle de Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Holotype	♂	MfN	Holotype ♂, MfN	Cameroon	Cameroon, Crossflussgebiet, e.l. 29.vi.1906, leg. A. Schultze.	Basquin P. 1992a. Description de la femelle de Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). page 125–126; pl. 6, figs 5, 5a
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Allotype	♀	P. Basquin	Neallotype ♀, designated by P. Basquin (1992a: 46).	Cameroon	Cameroon, Crossflussgebiet, e.l. 29.vi.1906, leg. A. Schultze.	Basquin P. 1992a. Description de la femelle de Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). page 125–126; pl. 6, figs 5, 5a

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Cameroon		Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 125
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Central African Republic		Basquin P. & Pierre J. 2005. Contribution à la connaissance des Sphinx de la République Centrafricaine avec descriptions de nouvelles espèce et sous-espèce et d'une femelle inédite (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). page 501
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Hayes A. H. 1971. A revision of the African genus Phylloxiphia Rothschild & Jordan (Lep. Sphingidae). page 238
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Côte d'Ivoire		Hayes A. H. 1971. A revision of the African genus Phylloxiphia Rothschild & Jordan (Lep. Sphingidae). page 238
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Gabon		Hayes A. H. 1971. A revision of the African genus Phylloxiphia Rothschild & Jordan (Lep. Sphingidae). page 238
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Liberia		Hayes A. H. 1971. A revision of the African genus Phylloxiphia Rothschild & Jordan (Lep. Sphingidae). page 238
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Nigeria		Boorman J. 1960a. Notes on the Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Nigeria. page 115 (as major)
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Rwanda		Turlin B. 2023. Liste des Sphinx répertoriés au Rwanda. page 27
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Sierra Leone		Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1915a. Thirteen new Sphingidae. page 284 (as major)
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Tanzania		Darge Ph. 2014h. Nouvelles espèces de Sphingidae pour la faune de Tanzanie (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). page 16
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Uganda		Hayes A. H. 1971. A revision of the African genus Phylloxiphia Rothschild & Jordan (Lep. Sphingidae). page 238
Phylloxiphia formosa Schultze, 1914	Zambia		Hayes A. H. 1971. A revision of the African genus Phylloxiphia Rothschild & Jordan (Lep. Sphingidae). page 238

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Phylloxiphia formosa (1)

Phylloxiphia formosa (2)

Phylloxiphia major (1)

Phylloxiphia major (2)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Phylloxiphia major (Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)	(Rothschild & Jordan, 1915)	species	Synonym	Libyoclanis major