Hippotion stigma
| Hippotion stigma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Sphingidae |
| Genus: | Hippotion |
| Species: | H. stigma |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippotion stigma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903[1] | |
Hippotion stigma is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from arid regions of eastern and northern Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.[2]
The length of the forewing is 26–28 mm. The palpi are small. The wing margins are crenulated and the apex of the forewings is blunt. The head and body are pale grey, with a large dark grey dorsal area on the thorax. The forewings are pale grey. The distal half of the inner margin is very dark grey. There is a faint, thin rather wavy line running from the inner margin to the vicinity of the apex. The costa is darker than the rest of the wing. There is a blackish dot at the costa before the apex and a sharply defined black stigma. The hindwings are pale grey, with the lower half of the outer margin and tornus blackish grey.
References
- ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- ↑ "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species" (PDF). Biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
- Pinhey, E (1962): Hawk Moths of Central and Southern Africa. Longmans Southern Africa, Cape Town.