Hippotion gracilis

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Hippotion gracilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hippotion
Species:
H. gracilis
Binomial name
Hippotion gracilis
(Butler, 1875) [1]
Synonyms
  • Chaerocampa gracilisButler, 1875
  • Hippotion eson comoroanaClark, 1929
  • Hippotion eson luridusGehlen, 1944

Hippotion gracilis is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from most of sub-Saharan Africa.

The wingspan is 64.6–71.1 mm for males and 66.9–71.1 mm for females. It is very similar to Hippotion eson , but in general smaller, paler and with a less contrasting forewing upperside pattern. The forewing upperside is also very similar to Hippotion eson, but the first and second postmedian lines are thinner and paler and not fused. On average, the discal spot is smaller.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience – Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-10-25.[ permanent dead link ]
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