Hippotion hateleyi

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Hippotion hateleyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hippotion
Species:
H. hateleyi
Binomial name
Hippotion hateleyi
Holloway, 1990 [1]

Hippotion hateleyi is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Henderson Island.

The length of the forewings is about 32 mm. It is superficially similar to Hippotion velox form rosea, but distinguishable by the strong orange ground colour.

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References

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