Leucostrophus is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae. They are large, diurnal moths native to Africa.[1][2]

Leucostrophus
Adult female L. commasiae from Sierra Leone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Subtribe: Macroglossina
Genus: Leucostrophus
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Type species
Macroglossa commasiae
Walker, 1856
Species

2, see text

Species

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This genus contains the following species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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). East Africa Natural History Society: 73–74 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  2. ^ a b d'Abrera, Bernard (1986). Sphingidae Mundi: Hawk Moths of the World. E.W. Classey. p. 168. ISBN 086096-022-6. OCLC 15581410.