Nephele accentifera

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Accented hawk

| image = Nephele accentifera.JPG

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| taxon = Nephele accentifera

| authority = (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821){{cite web|url=http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Nephele/accentifera.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014062138/http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Nephele/accentifera.html|archivedate=2012-10-14|url-status=dead |title=CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae |publisher=Cate-sphingidae.org |accessdate=2011-10-25}}

| synonyms =

  • Sphinx accentifera Palisot de Beauvois, 1821
  • Sphinx tridyma van der Hoeven, 1840
  • Deilephila ranzani Bertoloni, 1850
  • Nephele variegata Butler, 1875

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Nephele accentifera, the accented hawk, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by Palisot de Beauvois in 1821. It is common in most habitats throughout the Ethiopian Region, excluding Madagascar and the Cape Peninsula.{{cite journal |last=Carcasson |first=R. H. |author-link=Robert Herbert Carcasson |date=1967 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51111621#page/279/mode/1up |title=Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species |journal=Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=1–173 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}

Diet

The larvae feed on the leaves of Ficus sur{{cite web |title=Ficus sur Forssk. |url=http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120400 |work=Flora of Zimbabwe |accessdate=31 December 2012}} and Ficus natalensis.

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