Praedora marshalli

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Praedora marshalli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Praedora
Species:
P. marshalli
Binomial name
Praedora marshalli
Synonyms
  • Praedora marshalli australisClark, 1930
  • Praedora marshalli swierstraeStevenson, 1938

Praedora marshalli is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from savanna and bush in northern South Africa, Angola, Botswana and Zambia. [2]

The length of the forewings is about 20 mm. The body upperside is brownish grey. The collar with a thin, almost white, transverse line. The abdomen upperside has a series of small mesial dots and a longitudinal lateral band that are brownish black, and two widely separated rows of whitish dorsal dots. The body underside is grey. The forewing upperside is grey with brownish black markings. The fringe is brown, with heavy whitish-grey spots. The underside of both wings is brownish-grey, with traces of two discal lines. The hindwing upperside is pale greyish brown, but darker distally. The fringe is brown, with heavy whitish-grey spots.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2011-11-01.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  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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