Pantophaea favillacea (Walker, 1866)

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FAMILY Sphingidae
SUBFAMILY Sphinginae
GENUS Pantophaea
SPECIES favillacea
AUTHOR(Walker, 1866)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONAnceryx favillacea
TYPE LOCALITY[Zambia], Zambesi River.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes ♂, ♀, coll. Waller, lost (see I. Kitching & Cadiou 2000: 152-153).
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Walker F. 1866b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXV.- Supplement Part 5. - — 35:i-iv, 1535-2040.
PAGINATION 1856 Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
distanti (Rothschild & Jordan, 1903) Synonym of species
maximus (Clark, 1922) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Angola   Rougeot P.-C. 1966a. Note sur les Lépidoptères Sphingides du Musée de Dundo (Angola). - Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 76:13-27. 18
Congo   Morin C., Rougeot P.-C. & Grillot J. P. 1974. Contribution à la faune de la République Populaire du Congo. Les collections de l'Université de Brazzaville. VIII. - Lépidoptères: Sphingidae. - Annales de l'Université de Brazzaville (C)10:65-90, 1 map.  
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1-148, pls 1-17. 61
Gabon   Basquin P. & Pierre J. 2004. Complément à la connaissance des Sphinx du Gabon (Lep. Sphingidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 109(1):91-92. 91
Kenya   Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1-148, pls 1-17. 61
Malawi   Händel J. 1998. Kommentiertes Verzeichnis der Sphingiden der Afrika-Expeditionen des Museums für Naturkunde Berlin - ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Schwärmerfauna des südlichen Afrika (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). - Entomologische Zeitschrift 108:377-384. 378
Mozambique   Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1-148, pls 1-17. 61
South Africa Mpumalanga van den Berg M. A., Vermeulen J. B., Braack H. H. & Braack A. L. 1975. Pylstertmotte (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) van die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. - Koedoe 18(1):13-29. 20
Tanzania   Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1-148, pls 1-17. 61
Tanzania Pemba Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1903a. A revision of the lepidopterous family Sphingidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 9(Supplement):i-cxxxv, 1-972, pls 1-67. 46 (as distanti)
Zambia   Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1-148, pls 1-17. 61
Zimbabwe   Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. - Journal of the East Africa Natural History and National Museum 26(3):1-148, pls 1-17. 61

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Bignoniaceae Millingtonia sp. Kenya Sevastopulo D. G. 1984. The Gesneriaceae and Bignoniaceae as food-plants of the Lepidoptera. - Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 38(3):235-236. 236