Hippotion saclavorum

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Hippotion saclavorum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hippotion
Species:
H. saclavorum
Binomial name
Hippotion saclavorum
(Boisduval, 1833) [1]
Synonyms
  • Deilephila saclavorumBoisduval, 1833

Hippotion saclavorum is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar, In the town of Ambinanindrano, 50km west of Mahanoro. [2]

The length of the forewings is about 23 mm. This is a small, brown species which is similar to Hippotion balsaminae but with shorter and more rounded forewings. The abdomen upperside has dorsal and subdorsal longitudinal lines which are only very weakly indicated. The forewing upperside has a full complement of postmedian lines, of which the fifth is the heaviest, the sixth the next heaviest and the first to fourth equally narrow and inconspicuous. The hindwing upperside is dark brown with the pale brown median band clearly visible only near the tornus.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory: Hippotion saclavorum". sphingidae.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  2. ↑ Carcasson, R. H. (1967). "Revised Catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with Descriptions of the East African species". Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society and National Museum. 26 (3): 1–173 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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