Microsphinx

Microsphinx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae, consisting of one species, Microsphinx pumilum, which is known from South Africa.^[2]

Microsphinx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sphingidae
Subtribe:	Macroglossina
Genus:	Microsphinx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
Species:	M. pumilum
Binomial name
Microsphinx pumilum (Boisduval, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
Pterogon pumilum Boisduval, 1875 Lophuron minutum Distant, 1897

It is similar to Sphingonaepiopsis species. For instance, the forewing upperside is similar to Sphingonaepiopsis kuldjaensis, but with more conspicuous longitudinal narrow stripes. The abdomen upperside has distinct lines and grey dots. The hindwing upperside is yellow with a brown marginal band of even width.