Perigonia grisea

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Perigonia grisea
Perigonia grisea MHNT CUT 2010 0 394, Guagua Pichincha Ecuador, male dorsal.jpg
Male dorsal
Perigonia grisea MHNT CUT 2010 0 394, Guagua Pichincha Ecuador, male ventral.jpg
Male ventral
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Perigonia
Species:
P. grisea
Binomial name
Perigonia grisea

Perigonia grisea is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Bolivia. [2]

It can be distinguished from all other Perigonia species by the uniform grey forewing upperside crossed by narrow, dark brown transverse lines. The hindwing upperside is most similar to Perigonia stulta but the yellow tornal patch is larger.

Adults have been recorded from March to April.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-19.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ↑ "Silkmoths". Silkmoths.bizland.com. 2011-02-18. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-10-19.


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