Basiothia schenki

Basiothia schenki, the brown striped hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1872. It is known from Zimbabwe and South Africa.^[2][3] Adults are also pollinators of Satyrium longicauda^[4] and Zaluzianskya natalensis.

Brown striped hawk
Male imago (above) and caterpillar feeding on Pentanisia herb (below)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Genus:	Basiothia
Species:	B. schenki
Binomial name
Basiothia schenki (Moschler, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
Chaerocampa schenki Möschler, 1872 Chaerocampa protocharis Möschler, 1872

The larvae feed on Vernonia species.