What is Rufoclanis rosea?
{{Speciesbox | image = Rufoclanis rosea BMNHE270794 female up.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Rufoclanis | species = rosea | authority = ([[Herbert Druce|H. Druce]], 1882)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Rufoclanis/rosea.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331191424/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Rufoclanis/rosea.html|archivedate=2012-03-31|url-status=dead |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-11-01}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Polyptychus orientalis'' <small>Clark, 1936</small> *''Rufoclanis rosea meloui'' <small>Oberthür, 1913</small> *''Triptogon reducta'' <small>Karsch, 1891</small> *''Triptogon rosea'' <small>H. Druce, 1882</small> }} '''''Rufoclanis rosea''''' is a [[species]] of [[moth]]. It is in the [[Family (biology)|family]] of [[Sphingidae]]. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1882. It lives in [[Forest|forests]] in [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Cameroon]], [[Gabon]], the [[Central African Republic]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Carcasson|first=R. H.|author-link=Robert Herbert Carcasson|date=1967|title=Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up|journal=Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum|volume=26|issue=3|pages=1–173|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref> ''Rufoclanis rosea''<nowiki/>'s forewings are 30–32 mm for [[Male|males]]. [[Female|Females]] are larger. Its forewings are a very pale olive brown. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2042780}} [[Category:Smerinthini]] {{biology-stub}}