Hippotion brennus

Hippotion brennus
Hippotion brennus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Hippotion
Species: H. brennus
Binomial name
Hippotion brennus
(Stoll, 1782)[1]
Synonyms
  • Sphinx brennus Stoll, 1782
  • Panacra maculiventris Miskin, 1891
  • Chaerocampa johanna Kirby, 1877
  • Hippotion rubribrenna Joicey & Kaye, 1917
  • Hippotion novaebrittaniae Clark, 1932
  • Hippotion brennus viettei Darge, 1975
  • Hippotion brennus funebris Gehlen, 1926

Hippotion brennus is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Moluccas, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and north-eastern Australia.[2]

The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults have patterned brown or grey forewings, and yellow or orange hindwings with a brown border. The forewings each have a recurve on both the inner and outer margins. The hindwings each have a recurve on the outer margin near the tornus. The abdomen has four white markings along each side.[3] It is a variable species in colour and pattern with four distinct forms (brennus, funebris, johanna and rubribrenna) and some intermediates.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Hippotion/brennus.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  2. ^ "Papua Insects Foundation". Papua-insects.nl. http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Sphingidae/Hippotion/Hippotion%20brennus.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
  3. ^ "Australian Insects". Lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. 2006-04-07. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sphi/brennus.html. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
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