Xenosphingia jansei Jordan, 1920

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Higher taxa:	Sphingidae (family)/  Smerinthinae (subfamily)/  Smerinthini (tribe)/  Xenosphingia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Jordan, 1920
Citation:	Xenosphingia jansei spec. nov.
Original genus:	Xenosphingia
Publication:	Jordan K. 1920c. Some new African Sphingidae.
Journal:	Novitates Zoologicae
Volume:	27
Issue:
Pagination:	169–170, fig. 8
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3243268

Xenosphingia jansei (1)

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Taxonomic note:

The female was described as metallotype by R. H. R. Stevenson (1956: 89–92).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Xenosphingia jansei Jordan, 1920	Holotype	♂	TMSA	Holotype ♂, TMSA.	Zimbabwe	[Zimbabwe], Rhodesia, Sawmills, 02.ii.1918, leg. A. J. T. Janse.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Xenosphingia jansei Jordan, 1920	Botswana		Carcasson R. H. 1968. Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. page 43
Xenosphingia jansei Jordan, 1920	Namibia		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 134
Xenosphingia jansei Jordan, 1920	South Africa	Limpopo	van den Berg M. A., Vermeulen J. B., Braack H. H. & Braack A. L. 1975. Pylstertmotte (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) van die Nasionale Krugerwildtuin. page 23
Xenosphingia jansei Jordan, 1920	Zimbabwe		Jordan K. 1920c. Some new African Sphingidae. page 169

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Xenosphingia jansei (1)

Xenosphingia jansei (2)

Xenosphingia jansei (3)

Xenosphingia jansei (4)

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