Callosphingia
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''Callosphingia'' is a genus of
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Sphingidae The Sphingidae are a family of moths (Lepidoptera) called sphinx moths, also colloquially known as hawk moths, with many of their caterpillars known as “hornworms”; it includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics, bu ...
, containing one species, ''Callosphingia circe'', which is known from semi-desert and arid scrub throughout eastern Africa.


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Acherontiini Monotypic moth genera Moths of Africa Taxa named by Walter Rothschild Taxa named by Karl Jordan Moths described in 1915 {{Sphinginae-stub