Psilogramma lifuense

Psilogramma lifuense
Psilogramma lifuense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Psilogramma
Species: P. lifuense
Binomial name
Psilogramma lifuense
(Rothschild, 1894)[1]
Synonyms
  • Meganoton lifuense Rothschild, 1894

Psilogramma lifuense is a moth of the Sphingidae family. It is known from the Loyalty Islands.

It is a pale species, some specimens are nearly all white on the thorax and forewing. There are thin black discal streaks on the forewing upperside, often partly or totally obsolete. There is no distinct medio-costal brown area even in dark specimens. In dark specimens, the discal lines are pronounced; in pale ones the markings, including the proximal part of the apical black line, become indistinct.

References

  1. ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. http://www.cate-sphingidae.org/taxonomy/Psilogramma/lifuense.html. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
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