Cephonodes woodfordii

Cephonodes woodfordii
Cephonodes woodfordii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Cephonodes
Species: C. woodfordii
Binomial name
Cephonodes woodfordii
Butler, 1889[1]

Cephonodes woodfordii is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from Papua New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.[2]

It is very similar to Cephonodes hylas hylas but larger and immediately distinguishable by the orange (not white) underside of the thorax. The underside of the head, thorax and legs are orange. The underside of the abdomen is black with small orange lateral and medial patches on each sternite. The anal tuft is largely black.

Subspecies

  • Cephonodes woodfordii woodfordii
  • Cephonodes woodfordii luisae Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Papua New Guinea)

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. https://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Cephonodes/woodfordii.html. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
  2. ^ "Papua Insects Foundation". Papua-insects.nl. http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Cephonodes/Cephonodes%20woodfordii.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
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