Cautethia carsusi

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Cautethia carsusi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cautethia
Species:
C. carsusi
Binomial name
Cautethia carsusi
Haxaire & Schmit, 2001

Cautethia carsusi is a species of moth in the family Sphingidae from the Dominican Republic. It was described by Jean Haxaire and Pierre Schmit in 2001. [1] It is the largest species in the genus Cautethia. The wing length of males is 19.5 millimetres and for females - 20.5 millimetres.

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References

  1. "Cautethia carsusi Haxaire & Schmit, 2001 sec CATE Sphingidae, 2009". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2011-10-19.