Maassenia heydeni

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Maassenia heydeni
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Adult, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Maassenia
Species:
M. heydeni
Binomial name
Maassenia heydeni
(Saalmuller, 1884) [1]
Synonyms
  • Zonilia heydeniSaalmüller, 1878

Maassenia heydeni is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. [2]

The wingspan is 50–80 mm. The forewing outer margin is slightly crenulated. The forewing upperside ground colour is brown, with paler beige areas. The antemedian band and spots along the costa are paler. The basal band is dark brown, curved and not reaching the inner margin. There is a dark brown diffuse line running from near the middle of the costa to the tornus. The discal spot is composed of a two- to three-pointed silver spot with arms directed distally and a smaller rounded silver dot basally, which is sometimes absent. The forewing underside is brown with a conspicuous orange postmedian band and a darker marginal band.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-15. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  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.
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