Acanthosphinx

Acanthosphinx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1891. Its only species, Acanthosphinx guessfeldti, the widow sphinx, was first described by Hermann Dewitz in 1879.^[2] It is known from forests from Sierra Leone to the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.^[3]

Acanthosphinx
Acanthosphinx guessfeldti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Tribe:	Smerinthini
Genus:	Acanthosphinx Aurivillius, 1891
Species:	A. guessfeldti
Binomial name
Acanthosphinx guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
Ambulyx guessfeldti Dewitz, 1879 Acanthosphinx guessfeldti gigas Aurivillius, 1891 Acanthosphinx guessfeldti eothina Tams, 1930

The length of each forewing is 57–70 mm.

The larvae feed on Bridelia micrantha.^[4]