Odontosida pusillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Odontosida
Species:
O. pusillus
Binomial name
Odontosida pusillus
(R. Felder, 1874)[1]
Synonyms
  • Smerinthus pusillus R. Felder, 1874
  • Lophuron pulcherrimum Rothschild, 1894

Odontosida pusillus is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Rudolf Felder in 1874. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Hermannia species.

References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  2. ↑ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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